Assessing the stability of human locomotion: a review of current measures

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Journal of the Royal Society Interface

• Publication date

  2013-06-06

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1098/rsif.2012.0999PMID 23516062PMCID PMC3645408
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