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Relationship between muscle volume and muscle torque of the hamstrings after anterior cruciate ligament

Yu Konishi1, Toru Fukubayashi

  • 1Department of Physical Education, National Defence Academy, Kanagawa, Japan. yu_57@yahoo.co.jp

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
|October 31, 2008
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