Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 142-148 , February 2006

Changes in foot-function parameters during the first 5 months after the onset of independent walking: a longitudinal follow-up study

  • Ann Hallemans

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Functional Morphology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
    • Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 3 820 22 60; fax: +32 3 820 22 71.
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  • Dirk De Clercq

      Affiliations

    • Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Stefaan Van Dongen

      Affiliations

    • Group of Evolutionary Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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  • Peter Aerts

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Functional Morphology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium

Received 14 July 2004 ,Revised 17 November 2004 ,Accepted 12 January 2005.

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PII: S0966-6362(05)00007-X

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.01.003

Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 142-148 , February 2006

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