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An Inertial Measurement Unit Based Method to Estimate Hip and Knee Joint Kinematics in Team Sport Athletes on the Field
Published on: May 26, 2020
Isolated popliteus injury in a professional football player
Mohan Radhakrishna1, Peter Macdonald, Michael Davidson
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. mohan.radhakrishna@muhc.mcgill.ca
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