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Clinical factors associated with a conservative gait pattern in older male veterans with diabetes

BACKGROUND: Patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy are at higher risk for falls. People with diabetes sometimes adopt a more conservative gait pattern with decreased walking speed, widened base, and increased double support time. The purpose of this study was to use a multivariate approach...

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Autores principales: Wrobel, James S, Crews, Ryan T, Connolly, John E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19389247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-2-11