Gait & Posture
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 6-10 , January 2012

Strategies used during a challenging weighted walking task in healthy adults and individuals with knee osteoarthritis

Received 8 September 2010 ,Revised 10 July 2011 ,Accepted 11 July 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.07.012

Gait & Posture
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 6-10 , January 2012

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