Gait & Posture
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 688-690 , April 2012

Cell phones change the way we walk

  • Eric M. Lamberg
    • ,
  • Lisa M. Muratori

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Physical Therapy Stony Brook University School of Health Technology and Management Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA. Tel.: +1 631 444 6583.

Received 14 July 2011 ,Revised 9 November 2011 ,Accepted 1 December 2011.

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PII: S0966-6362(11)00804-6

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.12.005

Gait & Posture
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 688-690 , April 2012

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