Community-Based Progressive Aquatic Exercise for the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis
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عنوان ژورنال: Shafa Orthopedic Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2345-296X,2383-4315
DOI: 10.17795/soj-7867