Statistical analyses and reliability of the sciatic functional index
โ Scribed by Luis de Medinaceli
- Book ID
- 113328884
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-3623
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