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Affiliations

¹ Neuroscience Research Australia, New South Wales, Australia; School of Public Health and Community and Medicine, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: p.pelicioni@neura.edu.au.
² Neuroscience Research Australia, New South Wales, Australia; School of Public Health and Community and Medicine, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Paulo H S Pelicioni et al. Braz J Phys Ther. 2020 Jul-Aug.

. 2020 Jul-Aug;24(4):293-294.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2020.04.005. Epub 2020 May 1.

¹ Neuroscience Research Australia, New South Wales, Australia; School of Public Health and Community and Medicine, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: p.pelicioni@neura.edu.au.
² Neuroscience Research Australia, New South Wales, Australia; School of Public Health and Community and Medicine, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.

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