Detection of subtle neurological alterations by the Catwalk XT gait analysis system

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Ying Ju ^a   Cheng, Fu Chou ^a   Sheu, Meei Ling ^b   Su, Hong Lin ^b   Chen, Chun Jung ^a   Sheehan, Jason ^c   Pan, Hung Chuan ^a,d  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CATWALK GAIT ANALYSIS TEST; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EXPERIMENTAL SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; GAIT; GAIT ANALYSIS SYSTEM; LATENT PERIOD; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE MASS; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; RELATIVE DENSITY; STANDING; TIME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 84899587272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-62     Document Type: Article

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