Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 806-813 , June 2006

Effects of Environmental Demands on Locomotion After Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Marie Vallée, MSc, PT

      Affiliations

    • Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration and the Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec City, QC
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  • Bradford J. McFadyen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration and the Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec City, QC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Bradford J. McFadyen, PhD, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, 525 Hamel, Québec City, QC G1M 2S8, Canada
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  • Bonnie Swaine, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation and Montréal Rehabilitation Institute, Montréal, QC
    • School of Rehabilitation, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC
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  • Julien Doyon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC
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  • Jean-François Cantin, MPs

      Affiliations

    • Québec Rehabilitation Institute, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
    • ,
  • Denyse Dumas, PT

      Affiliations

    • Québec Rehabilitation Institute, Québec City, Québec, Canada.

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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant no. 64408).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00200-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.031

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 806-813 , June 2006

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