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Perspectives in Rehabilitation

mHealth technologies used to capture walking and arm use behavior in adult stroke survivors: a scoping review beyond measurement properties

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Pages 6094-6106 | Received 11 Nov 2020, Accepted 05 Jul 2021, Published online: 23 Jul 2021

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