Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 336-340 , March 2010

An empirical examination of detrended fluctuation analysis for gait data

Received 20 June 2009 ,Revised 2 December 2009 ,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.12.002

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 336-340 , March 2010

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