Cortical and subcortical lesions impair skilled walking in the ladder rung walking test: a new task to evaluate fore- and hindlimb stepping, placing, and co-ordination.

By G. Metz, I. Whishaw. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2002

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Subfields: Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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In Cell Biology

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In Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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Citations in the corpus

• Efficacy of Rehabilitative Experience Declines with Time after Focal Ischemic Brain Injury (2004, methodology): “The ladder-rung walking test has been reported to be sensitive in detecting long-term impairment in placement, stepping , and coordinated limb use during locomotion after various types of brain injury (Metz and Whishaw, 2002).”
• Tests to assess motor phenotype in mice: a user's guide (2009, background): “Perhaps the most useful version is the ladder rung tas”
• From basics to clinical: a comprehensive review on spinal cord injury. (2014, neutral): “Another commonly used test to evaluate locomotion recovery after spinal cord injury is the horizontal ladder walking test (Metz and Whishaw, 2002).”