Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 456-460 , April 2010

Balance is impaired in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Michelle D. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Centre of Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, The University of Queensland, Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 3365 4523; fax: +61 7 3365 1622.
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  • Angela T. Chang

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Centre of Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, The University of Queensland, Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
    • ,
  • Helen E. Seale

      Affiliations

    • The Prince Charles Hospital, Physiotherapy Department, Chermside, Queensland 4032, Australia
    • ,
  • James R. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • The Prince Charles Hospital, Physiotherapy Department, Chermside, Queensland 4032, Australia
    • ,
  • Paul W. Hodges

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Centre of Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, The University of Queensland, Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia

Received 26 August 2009 ,Revised 28 January 2010 ,Accepted 29 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.022

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 456-460 , April 2010

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