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Adam Ciszkiewicz1, Józef Knapczyk2

  • 1Division of Experimental Mechanics and Biomechanics, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Cracow University of Technology, Poland.

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics
|July 14, 2016
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