Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 159-163 , February 2006

Defining spatial parameters for non-linear walking

  • F. Huxham

      Affiliations

    • La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
    • Southern Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 22 Scarlet Ash Drive, Lower Templestowe, Vic. 3107, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9850 4389; fax: +61 3 9265 1577.
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  • J. Gong

      Affiliations

    • La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
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  • R. Baker

      Affiliations

    • La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
    • Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • M. Morris

      Affiliations

    • La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
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  • R. Iansek

      Affiliations

    • Southern Health, Melbourne, Australia

Received 19 April 2004 ,Revised 17 November 2004 ,Accepted 16 January 2005.

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PII: S0966-6362(05)00008-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.01.001

Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 159-163 , February 2006

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