Age-associated changes in the biomechanics of gait and gait-related falls in older adults

Gait Disorders: Evaluation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 63-100

  Ashton Miller, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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