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Evaluation of upper limb function with digitizing tablet-based tests: reliability and discriminative validity in healthy persons and patients with neurological disorders

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Pages 1465-1473 | Received 25 Dec 2019, Accepted 08 Jul 2020, Published online: 05 Aug 2020

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