Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 477-481 , November 2009

The effects of dual-tasking on postural control in people with unilateral anterior cruciate ligament injury

  • Hossein Negahban

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
    • ,
  • Mohammad Reza Hadian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences and Imam Khomeini Complex Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Physical therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation & Imam Khomeini complex Hospital of Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Enghelab Avenue, Tehran, Iran. Tel.: +98 21 775 36134; fax: +98 21 775 34133.
    • ,
  • Mahyar Salavati

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Masood Mazaheri

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
    • ,
  • Saeed Talebian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences and Imam Khomeini Complex Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Amir Homayoun Jafari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Research and Science Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Mohamad Parnianpour

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    • Department of Information and Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 426-791, Republic of Korea

Received 14 August 2008 ,Revised 3 July 2009 ,Accepted 9 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.112

Gait & Posture
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 477-481 , November 2009

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