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J Troy Blackburn1, Darin A Padua, Paul S Weinhold

  • 1Department of Health and Human Performance, 2050 Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA. troyb@auburn.edu

Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)
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