| Literature DB >> 23945208 |
Jay M Bauman1, Young-Hui Chang.
Abstract
Locomotion persists across all manner of internal and external perturbations. The objective of this study was to identify locomotor compensation strategies in rodent models of peripheral nerve injury. We found that hip-to-toe limb length and limb angle was preferentially preserved over individual joint angles after permanent denervation of rat ankle extensor muscles. These findings promote further enquiry into the significance of limb-level function for neuromechanical control of legged locomotion.Entities:
Keywords: biomechanics; locomotion; nerve injury; rodent
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23945208 PMCID: PMC3971686 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0484
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biol Lett ISSN: 1744-9561 Impact factor: 3.703