Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 834-842 , May 2008

The Interaction Between Executive Attention and Postural Control in Dual-Task Conditions: Children With Cerebral Palsy

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant no. 5R01NS038714-07).

 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 authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00085-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.023

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 834-842 , May 2008

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