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The first investigation examines differences in variability of spatiotemporal gait parameters between people with MS and healthy controls and associations between variability of spatiotemporal gait parameters and disability in MS. The second investigation determines variability of lower-limb joint and segment angles at various walking speeds in MS. The third investigation documents a novel metric for quantification of footfall placement variability and subsequent associations between footfall variability and fall history in MS. Results herein include greater variability of step length, step time, and footfall placement variability in people with MS compared to controls, decrease in ankle angle variability with increasing walking velocity in MS, and that increased footfall placement variability, indexed by a novel metric, separates recurrent and non fallers with MS. 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