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"Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"AcknowledgementsWe thank George Chen, Ph.D. and Jeff Jarmillo, PT, M.S. for assistance in collecting experimental data, Fayaza Mullamithawala, PT and Jeff Jarmillo, PT, M.S., for assistance with the locomotor intervention, and Fadi Tayim for coordinating participant logistics. Dr. Sam Wu of the University of Florida Department of Biostatistics and the VA Brain Rehabilitation Research Center provided statistical consultation and advice.This study was conducted at the Rehabilitation Research and Development Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA and funded by VA RR&D Project no. B540231 (Principal Investigator, Patten). Dr. Westlake is supported by a Clinical Research Initiative Fellowship through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.A portion of this work was presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November, 2008, Washington, DC."