The Walking Tests: From Fitness to Telerehabilitation

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 694-696

  Giansanti, Daniele ^a   Maccioni, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; TELEREHABILITATION; WALKING;

HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEREHABILITATION; WALKING;

EID: 85027002867     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2016.0199     Document Type: Letter

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