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Letter to the editor: Change in shoulder external rotation strength and motion after lower trapezius transfer to the infraspinatus in children with obstetric brachial plexus palsy

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Özden, F. Letter to the editor: Change in shoulder external rotation strength and motion after lower trapezius transfer to the infraspinatus in children with obstetric brachial plexus palsy. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 46, 409–410 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-021-05258-0

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