Gait & Posture
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 372-377 , September 2007

The influence of different Lokomat walking conditions on the energy expenditure of hemiparetic patients and healthy subjects

Received 13 March 2006 ,Revised 26 September 2006 ,Accepted 5 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.10.003

Gait & Posture
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 372-377 , September 2007

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