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Original Article

There is a Close Relationship Between Hand Skill and the Excitability of Motor Neurons Innervating the Postural Soleus Muscle in Left-Handed Subjects

Pages 25-34 | Received 20 Oct 1989, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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