Plantar Cutaneous Afferents Normalize
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13 14 Author’s affiliations: 15 16 1 Health Science Doctoral Programs, City University of New York, Staten Island, NY USA 17 2 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL USA 18 3 Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA 19 20 21 22 Address all correspondence and reprints: 23 Maria Knikou, PhD 24 Health Sciences Doctoral Programs 25 The Graduate Center, City University of New York 26 2800 Victory Boulevard, 5N-207 27 Staten Island NY 10314 USA 28 Phone: +1-718-9823316 29 Fax: +1-718-9822984 30 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 31 32 33 Running short title: Cutaneous reflex conditioning to improve locomotion 34 35 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (December 30, 2009). doi:10.1152/jn.00880.2009
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