The effect of nonspecific task constraints on quadrupedal locomotion: I. Interlimb coordination

Motor Control

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 138-160

  Whitall, Jill ^a   Forrester, Larry ^a   Getchell, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 0038409723     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.1.2.138     Document Type: Article

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