Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 547-551 , October 2010

Low vision affects dynamic stability of gait

  • Ann Hallemans

      Affiliations

    • Research group of Functional Morphology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    • Division of Neuro – and Psychomotor Physiotherapy, Department of Health Care, University College of Antwerp, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Research Group of Functional Morphology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium. Tel.: +32 03 820 22 60; fax: +32 03 820 22 71.
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  • Els Ortibus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • Francoise Meire

      Affiliations

    • Hopital Universitaire Des Enfants Reine Fabiola (HUDERF), Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Peter Aerts

      Affiliations

    • Research group of Functional Morphology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    • Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ghent, Belgium

Received 18 January 2010 ,Revised 20 July 2010 ,Accepted 25 July 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00222-5

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.07.018

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 547-551 , October 2010

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