The metabolic and mechanical costs of step time asymmetry in walking

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2013-04-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Mathematics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2012.2784PMID 23407831PMCID PMC3574372
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