Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 490-495 , April 2006

Bilateral Sensorimotor Abnormalities in Unilateral Lateral Epicondylalgia

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 Supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia (grant no. 252710).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.029

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 490-495 , April 2006

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