Methods to quantify the velocity dependence of common gait measurements from automated rodent gait analysis devices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 253, Issue , 2015, Pages 244-253

  Neckel, Nathan D ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CatWalk; DigiGait; Gait analysis; Locomotion; Spinal cord injury; TreadScan; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLE TIME; DUTY FACTOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIDE LENGTH; TREADMILL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84937854930     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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