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Patricia J Manns1, Corey R Tomczak, Anwar Jelani

  • 1Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. trish.manns@ualberta.ca

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
|April 23, 2010
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