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Gait analysis using a measuring walkway for temporal and distance factors

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  1. Department of Descriptive Geometry & Drawing, College of General Education, Kyushu University, 4-2-1 Ropponmatsu, 810, Fukuoka, Japan

    S. Hirokawa

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyushu University Medical School Maidashi, 3-1-1 Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    K. Matsumara

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Hirokawa, S., Matsumara, K. Gait analysis using a measuring walkway for temporal and distance factors. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 25, 577–582 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441753

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