Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 446-451 , November 2009

Comparing two devices of suspended treadmill walking by varying body unloading and Froude number

Received 23 December 2008 ,Revised 19 June 2009 ,Accepted 1 July 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00196-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.001

Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 446-451 , November 2009

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