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vol. 205 no. 11, 1585-1595
- Accepted March 19, 2002
- Published online June 1, 2002.
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- 1 Biological Structure and Function, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ
- 2 UCL Institute of Human Performance, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LP, UK
- *Present address: Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK
- †↵ Author for correspondence (e-mail: n.curtin{at}ic.ac.uk )
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