Reproducibility of motor unit number estimation in individual subjects
โ Scribed by Zachary Simmons; David K. Epstein; Bryson Borg; David T. Mauger; Milind J. Kothari; Jeremy M. Shefner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
- DOI
- 10.1002/mus.1028
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