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Estimation of centre of gravity movements in sitting posture: application to trunk backward tilt

F Munoz1, P R Rougier

  • 1Université de Savoie, Domaine scientifique de Savoie-Technolac, Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice-EA4338, 73376 Le-Bourget-du-Lac, France.

Journal of Biomechanics
|May 10, 2011
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