Journal of Hand Therapy
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 163-171 , April 2009

Auditory Grip Force Feedback in the Treatment of Writer's Cramp

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 This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG (HE 3592).

PII: S0894-1130(08)00192-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2008.11.001

Journal of Hand Therapy
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 163-171 , April 2009

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