Gait Analysis Test
Gait analysis test is used to quantitatively assess the motor deficits and pain-induced gait changes in rodents in the context of natural walking.
With extensive testing experience and automated testing systems, Our company can provide our customers with personalized, high-quality gait analysis test to accelerate their research programs in disease-induced motor deficits.
Introduction of The Gait Analysis Test
The gait analysis tests are mainly completed by a gait analysis system using the footprint bright refraction technology.
In the gait analysis experiment, rodents walk from one side of the walking platform to the other. During the process, a high-speed camera located under the walking platform quickly captures the footprints of the experimental animals and the differences in foot pressure, allowing for a quantitative assessment of the rodents' locomotion by analyzing their footsteps and gait.
Our company' gait analysis system software can process video data. We calculate various parameters based on the size, position, gait dynamics and pressure of each footstep of the experimental animal to provide qualitative and quantitative analysis of footsteps and gait for our customers.
Fig. 1 Gait analysis test. (Rostosky, 2018)
Parameter Indexes
We can provide our customers with a wide range of parameters to characterize the foot and gait of animals, helping them to achieve the ideal experimental results.
| The system measures parameters based on a single footprint | The system measures parameters based on the relationship between different footprints |
|---|---|
| Max contact | Cadence |
| Max area | Step sequence |
| Intensity | Forelimb step width and hind limb step width |
| Box width | Left side step foundation and right side step foundation |
| Stand | Regularity index |
| Print positions | Phase dispersions |
| Duty cycle | Couplings |
| Step cycle and stride | Support formulas |
| Stop index、start index |
Applications
The gait analysis test we offered can help our customers make progress in researches related to the following areas.
- Central nervous system injuries, such as stroke, post-traumatic cerebral hemiplegia, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, lesions of the cerebellum and its conduction pathways.
- Bone and joint diseases and trauma, such as amputation, post hip and knee replacement, arthritis, ligament injury, ankle sprain, unequal lower extremity length.
- Lower extremity muscle injuries, such as poliomyelitis, femoral nerve injury, common peroneal nerve injury, etc.
- Other pains.
Features of The Gait Analysis Test
- It can be used to study functional deficits in animal models of bilateral limb injuries.
- A large number of dynamic and static gait parameters can be measured simultaneously.
- Spatial and temporal indicators of interlimb coordination that are particularly valuable for rodent studies can be detected.
Our company offers professional one-stop services from experimental design to results analysis to bring breakthroughs to your research. We guarantee on-time delivery of test results. If you need, you can contact us at any time.
Reference
- Rostosky, C. M.; et al. Gait analysis of age-dependent motor impairments in mice with neurodegeneration. JoVE. 2018 (136): e57752.