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 paws | mm |
| Stride length | Distance between successive placements of the same paw | mm |
| Step cycle | Time between 2 consecutive contacts with the glass plate of the same paw (stance + swing phase) | s |
| Swing speed | Speed of the paw during the swing phase | mm/s |
| Average speed | Distance 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 | |
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