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Effect of velocity on muscular coordination during isokinetic lifting: a preliminary study on healthy subjects
J Frère1, A Lemaire, A Laï-Man
1Laboratoire Motricité, Interactions, Performance (EA 4334), Université du Maine, 72085, Le Mans Cedex 09, France. julien.frere@univ-lemans.fr
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
|September 27, 2012
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