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Investigating the relationship between spatiotemporal gait variability and falls self-efficacy in individuals with chronic stroke

, PhD, PT & , PhD, PT
Pages 543-551 | Received 16 Jun 2019, Accepted 12 Apr 2020, Published online: 02 Jun 2020

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