Gait & Posture
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 106-111 , January 2007

Pain relief in knee osteoarthritis reduces the propensity to trip on an obstacle

Received 8 October 2005 ,Revised 25 January 2006 ,Accepted 4 February 2006.

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