Gait Disturbances in Dystrophic Hamsters

Table 1

Gait dynamics in 9-month-old F1B control hamsters and delta-sarcoglycan-deficient TO-2 dystrophic hamsters walking on a treadmill belt at a speed of 16 cm/s.

Gait index	F1B (𝑛=9)	TO-2 (𝑛=14)
Stride length (cm)	8.0±0.2	7.1±0.1^∗
Stride frequency (Hz)	2.0±0.1	2.3±0.1^∗
Stride duration (ms)	503±7	443±4^∗
% Stance	72.4±0.5	74.8±0.4^∗
% Swing	27.6±0.5	25.2±0.4^∗
Forelimb stance width	2.4±0.1	2.1±0.1^∗
Forelimb stride length CV (%)	17.6±1.6	23.6±1.4^∗
Hindlimb stance width (cm)	3.8±0.1	3.9±0.1
Hindlimb paw placement angle (°)	8.7±1.6	17.7±1.2^∗

Data are means ± SE; ^∗𝑃<.05, compared to F1B control hamsters.