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All issues Volume 6 (2020) SICOT-J, 6 (2020) 7 References
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SICOT-J
Volume 6, 2020
Article Number 7
Number of page(s) 6
Section Lower Limb
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/sicotj/2020003
Published online 18 February 2020
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