Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 331-335 , March 2010

Variability and fluctuation in running gait cycle of trained runners and non-runners

Received 21 July 2009 ,Revised 3 December 2009 ,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.12.003

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 331-335 , March 2010

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