Development of a universal measure of quadrupedal forelimb-hindlimb coordination using digital motion capture and computerised analysis

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hamilton, Lindsay ^a   Franklin, Robin J M ^a   Jeffery, Nick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONFORMATION; DOG; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING SPEED; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DOGS; FORELIMB; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 35748965005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-8-77     Document Type: Article

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