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  1. Occupational Therapy Department, Sint Radboud Ziekenhuis, University of Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    M. A. H. van Kuyk-Minis

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van Kuyk-Minis, M.A.H. Assistive devices: Integral to the daily lives of human beings. Clin Rheumatol 17, 3–5 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01450951

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