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Rehabilitation in Practice

The feasibility and short-term benefits of Blue Prescription: a novel intervention to enable physical activity for people with multiple sclerosis

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Pages 1213-1220 | Received 22 Jan 2012, Accepted 20 Aug 2012, Published online: 01 Oct 2012

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