Training-Induced Functional Gains following SCI

Figure 6

Home cage activity: in-cage activity assessments with an infrared activity monitor show no differences in the amount of ambulatory movements up to week 8 (W8), suggesting that the increased locomotor recovery of the trained group was a result of the step training paradigm and not due to “self-training.” All animals significantly decreased activity with time from surgery ( preoperation versus W8 for each group; repeated ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc -tests; nontrain ; train ; forelimb ; sham ).