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Daniel H K Chow1, Keith D K Luk, Andrew D Holmes

  • 1Jockey Club Rehabilitation Engineering Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, PR China. rcdaniel@polyu.edu.hk

Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)
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