Kinematic study of locomotor recovery after spinal cord clip compression injury in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1963-1981

  Alluin, Olivier ^a,b   Karimi Abdolrezaee, Soheila ^c   Delivet Mongrain, Hugo ^a,b   Leblond, Hugues ^a,b   Fehlings, Michael G ^d   Rossignol, Serge ^a,b  

^a Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

kinematics, locomotion, modified aneurysm clip; spinal cord injury; treadmill training

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BUPRENORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD CLIP COMPRESSION INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 80054803261     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1840     Document Type: Article

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