Automated gait analysis is a feasible tool to evaluate functional recovery in rodent models of peripheral nerve injury and spinal cord contusion injury. While it requires only one setup to assess locomotor function in various experimental models, meticulous hard- and soft-ware adjustment and training of the animals is highly important.
Heinzel, J., Swiadek, N., Ashmwe, M., Rührnößl, A., Oberhauser, V., Kolbenschlag, J., Hercher, D. Automated Gait Analysis to Assess Functional Recovery in Rodents with Peripheral Nerve or Spinal Cord Contusion Injury. J. Vis. Exp. (164), e61852, doi:10.3791/61852 (2020).