Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 124-128 , May 2010

The effects of the proximity of an object on human stance

Received 15 December 2009 ,Revised 4 March 2010 ,Accepted 11 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.005

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 124-128 , May 2010

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