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Research Article

Postural Asymmetries in Response to Holding Evenly and Unevenly Distributed Loads During Self-Selected Stance

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Pages 345-355 | Received 19 Oct 2010, Accepted 03 Jun 2011, Published online: 20 Jul 2011

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