Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 344-350 , June 1998

Torque, work and EMG development in a heel-rise test

Received 5 August 1997 ,Accepted 3 December 1997.

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Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 344-350 , June 1998