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Chapter 10 - Management of Walking Disorders in Neurorehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2018

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Jonathan F. Marsden
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Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair ,
Marlís González-Fernández  and
Jalesh N. Panicker
Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair
Affiliation:
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Marlís González-Fernández
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Jalesh N. Panicker
Affiliation:
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London
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Neurorehabilitation Therapy and Therapeutics , pp. 105 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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