Force plate coverings significantly affect measurement of ground reaction forces

Tina Smith1, Massimiliano Ditroilo2

  • 1Faculty of Education, Health & Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, United Kingdom.

Plos One
|November 3, 2023
PubMed

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