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Clinimetrics: Quadriceps muscle ultrasound
Louise Hansell1, George Ntoumenopoulos2
1Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Physiotherapy Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia.
Journal of Physiotherapy
|May 31, 2021
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