Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 249-255 , February 2006

The relationship of asymmetric weight-bearing with postural sway and visual reliance in stroke

  • Daniel S. Marigold

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Rehab Research Lab, G.F. Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Janice J. Eng

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • School of Rehabilitation Sciences, T325-2211 Wesbrook Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    • Rehab Research Lab, G.F. Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 604 714 4105; fax: +1 604 714 4168.

,Accepted 10 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.03.001

Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 249-255 , February 2006

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