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Three-wheel cycle ergometer for use by men and women with paralysis

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Petrofsky, J.S., Smith, J. Three-wheel cycle ergometer for use by men and women with paralysis. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 30, 364–369 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02446976

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