Hamers Frank P T, Koopmans Guido C, Joosten Elbert A J
Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
J Neurotrauma. 2006 Mar-Apr;23(3-4):537-48. doi: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.537.
Gait analysis plays an important role in the assessment of neurological function in many disease models. In this review, we focus on the newly developed CatWalk system for gait analysis. CatWalk was originally developed as a tool to enhance assessment of functional outcome in spinal cord injury (SCI) models. Although it is also of value in models of among others (neuropathic) pain and peripheral nerve damage, we will limit ourselves to its use in SCI models in this review. The system is positioned against well-established locomotor function tests, and it is indicated how CatWalk can enhance the usefulness of such tests. Development of the system started with the idea that it should enable objective assessment of coordination, and powerful measures of coordination are nowadays included in the analysis options provided by CatWalk. Therefore, a major part of this review is devoted to the history and meaning of these coordination measures.
步态分析在许多疾病模型的神经功能评估中发挥着重要作用。在本综述中，我们重点关注新开发的用于步态分析的CatWalk系统。CatWalk最初是作为一种增强脊髓损伤（SCI）模型功能结局评估的工具而开发的。尽管它在（神经性）疼痛和周围神经损伤等模型中也有价值，但在本综述中我们将仅限于其在SCI模型中的应用。该系统与成熟的运动功能测试相对，并且阐述了CatWalk如何增强此类测试的实用性。该系统的开发始于这样一个理念，即它应能够对协调性进行客观评估，如今CatWalk提供的分析选项中包含了强大的协调性测量方法。因此，本综述的主要部分致力于这些协调性测量方法的历史和意义。
