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Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
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Clinical Technical Note

Reliability and validity of goniometric iPhone applications for the assessment of active shoulder external rotation

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Pages 521-525 | Received 03 Dec 2013, Accepted 15 Jan 2014, Published online: 21 Mar 2014

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