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Original Article

Measuring task performance after acquired brain injury: Construct and concurrent validity of ‘Upper Limb Performance Analysis’

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Pages 1223-1231 | Received 24 Aug 2014, Accepted 09 Mar 2015, Published online: 21 May 2015

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