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Exploring the knowledge-to-practice gap
Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Author:
Victoria Schuppe, PT, PhD
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Date: March 1, 2017
Contact: aptamag@apta.org
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Victoria Schuppe, PT, PhD
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