Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 461-465 , October 2008

Modifiable performance domain risk-factors associated with slip-related falls

Received 13 June 2007 ,Revised 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 16 February 2008.

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PII: S0966-6362(08)00062-3

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.02.008

Gait & Posture
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 461-465 , October 2008

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