Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 12 , Pages 1648-1652 , December 2006

Agreement Between the GAITRite Walkway System and a Stopwatch–Footfall Count Method for Measurement of Temporal and Spatial Gait Parameters

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PII: S0003-9993(06)01344-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.09.012

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 12 , Pages 1648-1652 , December 2006

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