Quantitative metrics of spinal cord injury recovery in the rat using motion capture, electromyography and ground reaction force measurement

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-72

  Johnson, Will L ^a   Jindrich, Devin L ^b   Roy, Roland R ^a,c   Edgerton, Reggie V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground reaction force; Intramuscular EMG; Kinematics; Motion capture; Rat; Spinal cord lateral hemisection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HINDLIMB; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84857700976     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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