Kinematic Assessment Force of Writer’s Cramp Before And During Cramp

Subject Areas : journal of Artificial Intelligence in Electrical Engineering

azim alinejad ¹ , fariborz rahimi ²

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Received: 2016-02-17 Accepted : 2016-02-17 Published : 2015-06-01

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