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Alex Chan
Back to facultyAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Clinical StudiesUniversity of Guelph
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Paraspinal muscle fibres demonstrate a complex relationship between contractile variability and function in canines with spinal degeneration.
Scientific reports · 2025
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Paraspinal muscle fibres demonstrate a complex relationship between contractile variability and function in canines with spinal degeneration.
Briar KJ, Samarani F, Chan A, James F, Everest S, Brown SHM
Scientific reports2025
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