Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1207-1212 , September 2006

Wavelet Analysis of Skin Blood Oscillations in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury and Able-Bodied Subjects

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 Supported by the Central Research Grants of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (grant nos. G-YD72, G-YX35).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.2006.05.025

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1207-1212 , September 2006

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