Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 533-536 , April 2010

Using ambulatory virtual environments for the assessment of functional gait impairment: A proof-of-concept study

  • Martin Gérin-Lajoie

      Affiliations

    • Virtual Environment Navigation Laboratory (VENLAB), Department of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Office B225, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4. Tel.: +1 403 220 3449; fax: +1 403 284 3553.
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  • Deborah McK. Ciombor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University and Center for Restorative & Regenerative Medicine, VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA
    • ,
  • William H. Warren

      Affiliations

    • Virtual Environment Navigation Laboratory (VENLAB), Department of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
    • ,
  • Roy K. Aaron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University and Center for Restorative & Regenerative Medicine, VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA

Received 25 May 2009 ,Revised 21 January 2010 ,Accepted 21 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.017

Gait & Posture
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