Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 15, Issue 8 , Pages 592-599 , October 2000

Gait and electromyographic analysis of patients recovering after limb-saving surgery

  • E De Visser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Th Mulder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • H.W.B Schreuder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • R.P.H Veth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • J Duysens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical and Biophysics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 14 September 1999 ,Accepted 8 March 2000.

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Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 15, Issue 8 , Pages 592-599 , October 2000

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