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Editorial commentary
Optimising multi-task performance: opportunities for motoric neurorehabilitation
  1. M A Hirsch
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr M A Hirsch
 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltmore, Massachusetts, USA; mhirschjhmi.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2004.039917

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