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Thomas G McPoil1, Mark W Cornwall, Lynn Medoff
1Gait Research Laboratory, Program in Physical Therapy, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. kellykaydpt@yahoo.com.
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
|May 20, 2009
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Correction to McPoil TG, Cornwall MW, Medoff L, Vicenzion B, Fosberg K, Hilz D. Arch height change during sit-to-stand: an alternative for the navicular drop test. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008; 1:3.
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