How muscles respond to stretch

Science-Based Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 107-130

  Herbert, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 38349143014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7506-5564-4.50009-7     Document Type: Chapter

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