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Kinematics and Ground Reaction Force Determination: A Demonstration Quantifying Locomotor Abilities of Young Adult, Middle-aged, and Geriatric Rats
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Kinematics and Ground Reaction Force Determination: A Demonstration Quantifying Locomotor Abilities of Young Adult, Middle-aged, and Geriatric Rats

Kinematics and Ground Reaction Force Determination: A Demonstration Quantifying Locomotor Abilities of Young Adult, Middle-aged, and Geriatric Rats

DOI:
10.3791/2138-v

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10:28 min

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February 22, 2011

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1CullenWebb Animal Neurology & Ophthalmology Center,Riverview, NB, 2Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine,University of Calgary, 3Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine,University of Calgary, 4Department of Neuroscience,University of Calgary

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  • 00:00Title
  • 00:43Introduction
  • 02:07Animal Training
  • 03:36Joint Position Marking
  • 04:51Data Recording
  • 07:06Data Analysis
  • 08:38Representative Kinematic and Ground Reaction Force Results
  • 09:22Conclusion

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Locomotion is often examined as a behavioural outcome in various models of disease in fields such as neuroscience and orthopedics. This video paper intends to describe a method for collecting ground reaction forces and kinematics from rats during unrestrained locomotion.

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KinematicsGround Reaction ForceDemonstrationLocomotor AbilitiesYoung Adult RatsMiddle-aged RatsGeriatric RatsBehaviorMotor SystemNeuroscienceOrthopedicsLocomotionDisease ModelsTraumatic InjuryNervous SystemEndpoint MeasurementsKinematic MeasuresOrdinal Rating ScalesBasso Beattie And Bresnahan Locomotor (BBB) Rating ScaleSurrogate Measures Of BehaviorMuscle ForceNerve Conduction VelocityKineticsBody Segments In SpaceBiomechanical Analyses

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