On functional motor adaptations: from the quantification of motor strategies to the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in the neck–shoulder region

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Acta Physiologica

• Publication date

  2010-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02145.xPMID 20579000
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