Robot-assisted hindlimb extension increases the probability of swing initiation during treadmill walking by spinal cord contused rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-77

  Nessler, Jeff A ^a   Minakata, Koyiro ^a   Sharp, Kelli ^b   Reinkensmeyer, David J ^a,b,c  

^a Gateway Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindlimb extension; Locomotion; Motor control; Rat stepper; Robotics; Spinal cord injury; Swing initiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHESIS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAT; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONTUSIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 33751210937     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.06.021     Document Type: Article

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