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Do oarsmen have asymmetries in the strength of their back and leg muscles?

Sarah Parkin BioDynamics Group and Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Imper ial College School of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF
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Alex V. Nowicky Department of Sport Sciences, Brunel University, Osterley Campus, Borough Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5DU
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Olga M. Rutherford Division of Physiology, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College, London SE1 1UL, UK
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Alison H. McGregor BioDynamics Group and Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Imper ial College School of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF
Pages 521-526 | Published online: 01 Dec 2010

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