Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 347-350 , March 2010

Mechanical work performed by the legs of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Received 4 March 2009 ,Revised 4 December 2009 ,Accepted 19 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.12.004

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 347-350 , March 2010

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