Visual analogue scale correlates of musculoskeletal fatigue

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 235-246

  Leung, Ada W S ^a   Chan, Chetwyn C H ^a   Lee, Alice H S ^a   Lam, Keith W H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 5644279048     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.99.1.235-246     Document Type: Article

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