Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 330-334 , June 2000

Passive moment about the hip in straight leg raising

Received 7 September 1999 ,Accepted 30 November 1999.

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Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 330-334 , June 2000

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