Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 448-455 , October 2008

Early onset of stabilizing strategies for gait and obstacles: Older adults with Down syndrome

  • Beth A. Smith

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, Division of Kinesiology, 401 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2214, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 7346151494.
    • ,
  • Beverly D. Ulrich

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, Division of Kinesiology, 1402 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2013, United States

Received 4 September 2007 ,Revised 12 February 2008 ,Accepted 14 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.02.002

Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 448-455 , October 2008

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