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. 1960 May;23(2):99–118. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.23.2.99

SPASTICITY AND RIGIDITY: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND REVIEW

Geoffrey Rushworth 1
PMCID: PMC495339  PMID: 14440257

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