Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 420-428 , April 2010

Overground vs. treadmill walk-to-run transition

  • I. Van Caekenberghe

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  • K. De Smet

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Received 7 May 2009 ,Revised 14 January 2010 ,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.011

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 420-428 , April 2010

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