Research Article

Coexistence of Gait Disturbances and Chorea in Experimental Huntington’s Disease

Table 1

Description of the parameters selected and analyzed from the Catwalk test and respective units of measure.

Parameter Description Unit

Base of support (BOS)Average width between front and hind pawsmm

Stride length Distance between successive placements of the same pawmm

Step cycle Time between 2 consecutive contacts with the glass plate of the same paw (stance + swing phase) s

Swing speedSpeed of the paw during the swing phase mm/s

Average speedDistance covered divided by the time used to cross mm/s

Cadence Number of steps per second

Number of steps Number of steps during a run