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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Changes in Gait Variability From First Steps to Adulthood: Normative Data for the Gait Variability Index

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Pages 249-255 | Received 23 Dec 2014, Accepted 14 Aug 2015, Published online: 21 Sep 2015

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