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Original Article

Laterality and Imbalance of Muscle Stiffness Relate to Personality

Naoki Nakaya PhD Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Behavioral Medicine Sendai, Japan
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Hiroaki Kumano MD University of Tokyo Department of stress Science and Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine Tokyo, Japan
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Keiji Minoda PhD Balance Therapy University Fukuoka, Japan
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Motoyori Kanazawa MD Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Behavioral Medicine Sendai, Japan
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Shin Fukudo MD Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Behavioral Medicine Sendai, Japan
Pages 5-10 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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