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Lan Wang, Zhenyuan Zhang, Yi Yu

    Technology and Health Care : Official Journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
    |June 7, 2017
    PubMed
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    Keywords:
    Isokinetic muscle strength trainingfuzzy controlimpedance controlrehabilitation training

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