Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 116-121 , January 2010

Postural sway in low back pain: Effects of dual tasks

  • Masood Mazaheri

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Musculoskeletal Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezarjarib Blvd, Isfahan, Iran. Tel.: +98 311 7926304; fax: +98 311 6687270.
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  • Mahyar Salavati

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Hossein Negahban

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
    • ,
  • Mohammad Ali Sanjari

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Rehabilitation Research Center, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Biomedical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Mohamad Parnianpour

      Affiliations

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

Received 20 April 2009 ,Revised 1 September 2009 ,Accepted 11 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.09.009

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 116-121 , January 2010

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