ArticleIncreased gait unsteadiness in community-dwelling elderly fallers☆,☆☆
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Supported in part by grant AG-08812 from the National Institute on Aging and from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Dr. Mitchell was supported by the Fleet Bank of Massachusetts, N. A., Trustee of Charles A. King Trust.
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