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  • 1Centre for Sports Science, Department of Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, No.1, Ramachandra Nagar, Porur, Chennai, 600116 Tamilnadu India.

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
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