Assessing Forelimb Function after Unilateral Cervical SCI using Novel Tasks: Limb Step-alternation, Postural Instability and Pasta Handling

Zin Z. Khaing; Sydney A. Geissler; Timothy Schallert; Christine E. Schmidt

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Assessing Forelimb Function after Unilateral Cervical SCI using Novel Tasks: Limb Step-alternation, Postural Instability and Pasta Handling

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Assessing Forelimb Function after Unilateral Cervical SCI using Novel Tasks: Limb Step-alternation, Postural Instability and Pasta Handling

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September 16, 2013

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08:11 min

September 16, 2013

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Zin Z. Khaing*¹, Sydney A. Geissler*¹, Timothy Schallert², Christine E. Schmidt^1,3

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering,The University of Texas at Austin, ²心理学科,The University of Texas at Austin, ³The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering,University of Florida

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Three new behavioral tests (forelimb step-alternation, postural instability test, pasta handling test) for evaluating forelimb function after cervical spinal cord injury in rodents are described.

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Assessing Forelimb Function after Unilateral Cervical SCI using Novel Tasks: Limb Step-alternation, Postural Instability and Pasta Handling

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