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Research Article

The Effectiveness of Utilizing a Combination of External Visual and Auditory Cues as a Gait Training Strategy in a Pharmaceutically Untreated Patient with Parkinson's Disease: A Case Report

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Pages 320-326 | Received 26 Jul 2011, Accepted 10 Sep 2011, Published online: 18 Oct 2011

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