[As opposed to normal subjects, eyelid position doesn't interfere with postural behavior in blind subjects]

C Olin1, P Rougier

  • 1EA4338, laboratoire de physiologie de l'exercice, université de Savoie, domaine scientifique de Savoie-Technolac, 73376 Le-Bourget-du-Lac cedex, France.

Abstract

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