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Development of a dynamometer for measuring the isometric force of the pelvic floor musculature

✍ Scribed by Chantale Dumoulin; D. Bourbonnais; M.-C. Lemieux

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 185 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0733-2467
DOI: 10.1002/nau.10156

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