Gait Impairment in a Rat Model of Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Table 2

Relationships between body weight and speed with gait parameters.

	Body weight					Speed
	Sham		MCAO			Sham		MCAO
	𝑃cc	𝑃 value	𝑃cc	𝑃 value		𝑃cc	𝑃 value	𝑃cc	𝑃 value
Infarct volume	—	—	−0.85	0.015*	Body weight	−0.01	0.95	−0.02	0.90
Run duration					Stride length
LF	−0.04	0.83	0.08	0.68	LF	0.86	<0.0001***	0.77	<0.0001***
RF	−0.05	0.84	0.07	0.65	RF	0.73	<0.0001***	0.75	<0.0001***
Swing speed					Stance
LF	0.50	0.012*	0.09	0.62	LF	−0.92	<0.0001***	−0.87	<0.0001***
RF	0.42	0.042*	0.10	0.61	RF	−0.93	<0.0001***	−0.87	<0.0001***
Max intesity					Max contact area
LF	0.42	0.042*	0.20	0.28	LF	−0.03	0.88	−0.49	0.0086**
RF	0.40	0.049*	0.23	0.23	RF	−0.24	0.26	−0.49	0.0083**
Max contact area					Max intensity
LF	0.45	0.02*	0.40	0.05*	LF	0.18	0.40	−0.33	0.09
RF	0.49	0.014*	0.46	0.012*	RF	−0.19	0.36	−0.20	0.30
Print width					Print width
LF	0.53	0.007**	0.54	0.003**	LF	0.33	0.12	0.11	0.59
RF	0.38	0.07	0.58	0.0013**	RF	0.05	0.80	0.10	0.63
Toe spread					Toe spread
LF	0.62	0.008**	0.53	0.0005***	LF	0.18	0.40	0.11	0.59
RF	0.40	0.05*	0.56	0.002**	RF	0.31	0.14	0.27	0.17
Stride length					Base of support
LF	0.10	0.62	0.11	0.56	Forelimb	0.08	0.71	0.15	0.46
RF	0.18	0.40	0.21	0.29	Hindlimb	0.08	0.70	0.28	0.15

RF: right forepaw; LF: left forepaw.
^*𝑃<0.05.
^**𝑃<0.01.
^***𝑃<0.001.