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Automated Gait Analysis to Assess Functional Recovery in Rodents with Peripheral Nerve or Spinal Cord Contusion Injury
Published on: October 6, 2020
A robotic device for studying rodent locomotion after spinal cord injury
Jeff A Nessler1, Wojciech Timoszyk, Mark Merlo
1Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, IL 60610, USA.
Abstract:
We have developed a robotic device (the "rat stepper") for evaluating and training locomotor function of spinal cord injured rodents. This paper provides a detailed description of the device design and a characterization of its robotic performance capabilities.
