Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 122-125 , January 2010

Influence of voluntary teeth clenching on the stabilization of postural stance disturbed by electrical stimulation of unilateral lower limb

Received 24 December 2008 ,Revised 16 June 2009 ,Accepted 19 September 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00624-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.09.010

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 122-125 , January 2010