Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 6-9 , May 2010

Decreased static and dynamic postural control in children with autism spectrum disorders

  • Kimberly A. Fournier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Texas-Pan American, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 956 292 7341; fax: +1 956 381 3502.
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  • Cara I. Kimberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, FL, USA
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  • Krestin J. Radonovich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, FL, USA
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  • Mark D. Tillman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, FL, USA
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  • John W. Chow

      Affiliations

    • Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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  • Mark H. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, FL, USA
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  • James W. Bodfish

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Chris J. Hass

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, FL, USA

Received 8 June 2009 ,Revised 9 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.02.007

Gait & Posture
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