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Research Papers

The characterisation of gait patterns of people with multiple sclerosis

Kevin John KelleherDepartment of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, NUI Galway, Galway, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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William SpenceDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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Stephan SolomonidisDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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Dimitrios ApatsidisDepartment of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland
Pages 1242-1250 | Accepted 01 Nov 2009, Published online: 15 Feb 2010

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