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Shota Yamashita1, Kenichi Kimura2

  • 1Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kansai University of Health Sciences, Kumatori, Osaka, Japan.

Medical Acupuncture
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Keywords:
calf raiseelectroacupuncturemuscle hardnessultrasound real-time tissue elastography

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