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Clinical Anthropometrics and Body Composition from 3-Dimensional Optical Imaging
Published on: June 7, 2024
Corrigendum to "Neutralizing the odds: Biomechanical protection by adiposity offsets physiological burden to explain
B Erdle1, Maj Höne1, T D Diallo2
1Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Centre - Albert-Ludwig's-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwig's-University of Freiburg, Germany.
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|July 2, 2026
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