A 3D analysis of fore- and hindlimb motion during locomotion: Comparison of overground and ladder walking in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-65

  Garnier, Cyril ^a   Falempin, Maurice ^b   Canu, Marie Hélène ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Plasticité Neuromusculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Electromyography; Horizontal ladder; Joint angles; Kinematics; Motor cortex; Overground walking; Stance

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOT; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WALKING;

EID: 36048993728     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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