Influence of two different sitting positions on postural adjustments in children with spastic diplegia
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0012-1622,1469-8749
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2001.tb00757.x