Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 482-486 , October 2010

Acute effects of fatigue of the plantarflexor muscles on different postural tasks

  • Etienne J. Bisson

      Affiliations

    • Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Continuing Care, School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 43 Bruyère Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 5C8
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, Room 138J, 43 Bruyère Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 5C8. Tel.: +1 613 562 6262x1376.
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  • Shawn Chopra

      Affiliations

    • Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Continuing Care, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 43 Bruyère Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 5C8
    • Tel.: +1 613 562 6262x1604.
    • ,
  • Elie Azzi

      Affiliations

    • Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Continuing Care, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 43 Bruyère Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 5C8
    • Tel.: +1 613 562 6262x1604.
    • ,
  • Anne Morgan

      Affiliations

    • Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Continuing Care, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 43 Bruyère Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 5C8
    • Tel.: +1 613 562 6262x1604.
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  • Martin Bilodeau

      Affiliations

    • Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Continuing Care, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 43 Bruyère Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 5C8
    • Tel.: +1 613 562 6262x1358.

Received 16 November 2009 ,Revised 4 May 2010 ,Accepted 6 July 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00208-0

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.07.006

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 482-486 , October 2010

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