Engineering Improved Balance Confidence in Older Adults With Complex Health Care Needs: Learning From the Muscling Up Against Disability Study
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0003-9993
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.03.004