Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 450-455 , April 2010

Non-linear dynamical features of center of pressure extracted by recurrence quantification analysis in people with unilateral anterior cruciate ligament injury

  • Hossein Negahban

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Tel.: +98 611 374 3101; fax: +98 611 374 3506.
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  • Mahyar Salavati

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Masood Mazaheri

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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  • Mohammad Ali Sanjari

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Rehabilitation Research Center, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mohammad Reza Hadian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mohamad Parnianpour

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    • Department of Information and Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 426-791, Republic of Korea

Received 16 August 2009 ,Revised 15 January 2010 ,Accepted 24 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.020

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 450-455 , April 2010

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