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Adapted Resistance Training Improves Strength in Eight Weeks in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis

Published on: January 29, 2016

P A Gillett, M Johnson, M Juretich

    Geriatric Nursing (New York, N.Y.)
    |May 1, 1993
    PubMed

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