Current Issue - July 2022, Volume 16, Issue No. 2

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38. Groth GN. Clinical decision making and therapists' autonomy in the context of flexor tendon rehabilitation. J Hand Ther.2008; 21(3): 254-9; quiz 260. doi: 10.1197/j.jht.2007.10.022

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