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Use of the Medical Research Council muscle strength grading system in the upper extremity

Michelle A James1

  • 1Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California and University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. mjames@shrinenet.org

The Journal of Hand Surgery
|February 6, 2007
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