Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 169-175 , June 2010

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction results in alterations in gait variability

  • Constantina O. Moraiti

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
    • ,
  • Nicholas Stergiou

      Affiliations

    • Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA
    • Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
    • ,
  • Haris S. Vasiliadis

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
    • ,
  • Eustathios Motsis

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
    • ,
  • Anastasios Georgoulis

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Othopaedic Sports Medicine Center, PO Box 1330, Ioannina 45110, Greece. Tel.: +30 26510 64980; fax: +30 26510 64980.

Received 15 November 2008 ,Revised 10 April 2010 ,Accepted 14 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.008

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 169-175 , June 2010

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