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Etiology-specific ankle dorsiflexion limitation reorganizes stance-phase biomechanics during barefoot gait: a time-resolved SPM1D and EMG study Cover

Etiology-specific ankle dorsiflexion limitation reorganizes stance-phase biomechanics during barefoot gait: a time-resolved SPM1D and EMG study

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|Apr 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37190/abb/215509 | Journal eISSN: 2450-6303 | Journal ISSN: 1509-409X
Language: English
Page range: 57 - 68
Submitted on: Oct 26, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 11, 2025
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Published on: Apr 8, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Jiazhong Zhu, Dong Sun, Jiachao Cai, Xiaowei Yang, Wenlong Li, Zilong Lu, Chen Hu, Yang Song, Xuanzhen Cen, Monèm Jemni, Yaodong Gu, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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