EMG-force relation in the first dorsal interosseous muscle of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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عنوان ژورنال: NeuroRehabilitation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1878-6448,1053-8135
DOI: 10.3233/nre-141125