Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 424-430 , November 2009

Influence of dual tasks on sitting postural sway in children and adolescents with myelomeningocele

Received 8 July 2008 ,Revised 6 May 2009 ,Accepted 16 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.06.013

Gait & Posture
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