Self-evaluation of walking-track measurement using a Sciatic Function Index.
Recovery of function is of prime importance after peripheral nerve injury and repair. This paper describes a method of obtaining and measuring walking-tracks and generating a Sciatic Function Index (SFI) to quantify functional sciatic nerve recovery in the rat. The reader is provided with a series of walking-tracks to measure, analyze and compare to those analyzed by experienced observers.
Brown
C J
CJ
Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mackinnon
S E
SE
Evans
P J
PJ
Bain
J R
JR
Makino
A P
AP
Hunter
D A
DA
Hare
G M
GM
D000818:Animals; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005528:Foot / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005684:Gait; D008297:Male; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D015588:Observer Variation; D051381:Rats; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000293:injuries / Q000502:physiology*