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Clinical-oriented Three-dimensional Gait Analysis Method for Evaluating Gait Disorder
Published on: March 4, 2018
Gait disturbances
1Berry Road Medical Centre, St Leonards, New South Wales.
Australian Family Physician
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
Walking is a complex motor skill and is governed by a number of interlinked pathways from the cortex above to the muscles below. The author outlines some of the important features in the history and examination of the patient with a gait disorder.
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