Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 11 , Pages 1486-1489 , November 2006

Control of Balance Differs After Knee or Ankle Fatigue in Older Women

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 Supported by the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (intramural small grants program).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)00976-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.08.020

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 11 , Pages 1486-1489 , November 2006

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