PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 7 , Page 694 , July 2009

Rethinking Convention

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PII: S1934-1482(09)00396-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.04.004

PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 7 , Page 694 , July 2009