Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 433-437 , April 2010

Effects of virtual reality training on gait biomechanics of individuals post-stroke

  • Anat Mirelman

      Affiliations

    • Gait and Neurodynamics Laboratory, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
    • RiVERS Lab, Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, United States
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Gait & Neurodynamics Lab, Tel.: Aviv Medical Center, 6 Weizmann st, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 6764095; fax: +972 3 5345807.
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  • Benjamin L. Patritti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, United States
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  • Paolo Bonato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, United States
    • The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, United States
    • ,
  • Judith E. Deutsch

      Affiliations

    • RiVERS Lab, Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, United States

Received 25 March 2009 ,Revised 17 January 2010 ,Accepted 24 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.016

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 433-437 , April 2010

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