Research Article
Gait Impairment in a Rat Model of Focal Cerebral Ischemia
Table 1
CatWalk gait parameter statistics.
| | MCAO | Time | Interaction | | value | value | value | value | value | value |
| Temporal parameters | | | | | | | Cadence | 9.611 | 0.010* | 3.173 | 0.037* | 2.012 | 0.131 | Stance duration | | | | | | | RF | 8.692 | 0.013* | 2.917 | 0.048* | 3.015 | 0.043* | RH | 7.538 | 0.019* | 2.553 | 0.072 | 2.268 | 0.098 | LF | 6.951 | 0.023* | 2.591 | 0.069 | 2.605 | 0.068 | LH | 5.004 | 0.047* | 2.615 | 0.067 | 2.818 | 0.054 | Swing duration | | | | | | | RF | 2.226 | 0.163 | 0.088 | 0.966 | 0.229 | 0.875 | RH | 3.851 | 0.075 | 0.875 | 0.463 | 0.707 | 0.554 | LF | 6.512 | 0.026* | 2.313 | 0.094 | 2.379 | 0.087 | LH | 3.805 | 0.077 | 1.386 | 0.264 | 0.583 | 0.629 | Speed | 3.667 | 0.081 | 2.259 | 0.099 | 2.533 | 0.073 | Run duration | 5.28 | 0.042* | 1.521 | 0.227 | 2.814 | 0.054 | Swing speed | | | | | | | RF | 5.069 | 0.045* | 0.872 | 0.465 | 1.991 | 0.134 | RH | 9.524 | 0.010* | 1.43 | 0.251 | 2.822 | 0.053 | LF | 9.858 | 0.009** | 2.406 | 0.085 | 2.966 | 0.046* | LH | 7.993 | 0.016* | 1.6 | 0.208 | 3.51 | 0.026* | Comparative paws | | | | | | | Stride length | | | | | | | RF | 4.855 | 0.049* | 1.079 | 0.371 | 3.242 | 0.034* | RH | 7.452 | 0.019* | 0.848 | 0.477 | 3.058 | 0.041* | LF | 2.582 | 0.136 | 0.436 | 0.728 | 1.704 | 0.185 | LH | 7.228 | 0.021* | 0.799 | 0.503 | 3.05 | 0.042* | Step cycle | | | | | | | RF | 9.026 | 0.012* | 1.465 | 0.242 | 2.146 | 0.113 | RH | 9.658 | 0.01** | 2.3 | 0.095 | 2.621 | 0.067 | LF | 8.684 | 0.013* | 2.375 | 0.087 | 2.432 | 0.082 | LH | 6.571 | 0.026* | 1.987 | 0.135 | 2.914 | 0.048* | Duty cycle | | | | | | | RF | 4.166 | 0.066 | 4.305 | 0.011* | 3.91 | 0.017* | RH | 1.296 | 0.279 | 2.794 | 0.055 | 1.252 | 0.306 | LF | 2.713 | 0.127 | 1.936 | 0.143 | 0.601 | 0.618 | LH | 1.164 | 0.334 | 0.197 | 0.659 | 1.224 | 0.312 | Base of support | | | | | | | Forepaw | 3.547 | 0.086 | 1.319 | 0.284 | 1.584 | 0.211 | Hindpaw | 3.73 | 0.079 | 5.626 | 0.003** | 3.785 | 0.019* | Interlimb Coordination | | | | | | | Regularity index | 0.124 | 0.730 | 0.123 | 0.945 | 0.146 | 0.931 | Phase dispersion (Diagonal) | | | | | | | LF → RH | 1.842 | 0.202 | 0.634 | 0.598 | 0.219 | 0.881 | RF → LH | 3.84 | 0.075 | 0.949 | 0.428 | 0.391 | 0.759 | Individual paw | | | | | | | Max contact area | | | | | | | RF | 0.737 | 0.408 | 5.338 | 0.004** | 0.186 | 0.905 | RH | 0.807 | 0.388 | 6.443 | <0.001*** | 0.767 | 0.520 | LF | 0.179 | 0.680 | 3.397 | 0.029* | 0.185 | 0.905 | LH | 2.558 | 0.138 | 10.29 | <0.0001*** | 0.515 | 0.674 | Max intensity | | | | | | | RF | 0.377 | 0.551 | 6.462 | <0.001*** | 1.786 | 0.169 | RH | 2.694 | 0.129 | 3.256 | 0.033* | 0.102 | 0.958 | LF | 0.3162 | 0.585 | 3.479 | 0.026* | 0.883 | 0.459 | LH | 0.271 | 0.612 | 6.399 | <0.001*** | 0.408 | 0.748 |
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RF: right forepaw; LF: left forepaw; RH: right hindpaw; LH: left hindpaw. *. **. ***.
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