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Effects of cardiovascular exercise early after stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis

Oliver Stoller1, Eling D de Bruin, Ruud H Knols

  • 1Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf, Switzerland.

BMC Neurology
|June 26, 2012
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