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Compensatory Limb Use and Behavioral Assessment of Motor Skill Learning Following Sensorimotor Cortex Injury in a Mouse Model of Ischemic Stroke
Published on: July 10, 2014
Rules to limp by: joint compensation conserves limb function after peripheral nerve injury
Jay M Bauman1, Young-Hui Chang
1Comparative Neuromechanics Laboratory, School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA 30332-0356, USA.
Abstract:
Locomotion persists across all manner of internal and external perturbations. The objective of this study was to identify locomotor compensation strategies in rodent models of peripheral nerve injury. We found that hip-to-toe limb length and limb angle was preferentially preserved over individual joint angles after permanent denervation of rat ankle extensor muscles. These findings promote further enquiry into the significance of limb-level function for neuromechanical control of legged locomotion.
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