Muscle, reflex and central components in the control of the ankle joint in healthy and spastic man

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 96, Issue 170, 1997, Pages 24-28

  Sinkjaer, Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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