Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 455-458 , November 2009

Obstacle crossing performance does not differ between the first and subsequent attempts in people with stroke

  • Catherine M. Said

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Sciences Research Centre, University of Melbourne, c/o Royal Talbot Hospital, Kew, Victoria, Australia
    • Physiotherapy Department, Austin Health, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Physiotherapy Department, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Austin Health, PO Box 5444, Heidelberg West, 3081, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9496 2055; fax: +61 3 9496 2898.
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  • Mary Galea

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Sciences Research Centre, University of Melbourne, c/o Royal Talbot Hospital, Kew, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Noel Lythgo

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Sciences Research Centre, University of Melbourne, c/o Royal Talbot Hospital, Kew, Victoria, Australia

Received 2 December 2008 ,Revised 1 July 2009 ,Accepted 2 July 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00198-2

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.004

Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 455-458 , November 2009

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