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Gait analysis is the study of the manner of walking. It is used worldwide to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of ambulatory problems, including Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy, and nerve injury. It is increasing being recognized as a useful preclinical assay to better understand how animal models may reflect the human condition, and to generate quantitative metrics of normal and abnormal gait.

Gait can be assessed in subjects walking voluntarily or on a treadmill. As in human life, however, when subjects walk voluntarily, the assessment of gait can be difficult depending on the subject’s speed.

DigiGait is now the most widely published ventral plane videography instrumentation available for gait analysis in laboratory animals. Voluntary and treadmill walking, DigiGait performs gait analysis of mice and rats over a range of walking and running speeds. Ventral Plane Imaging (VPI) Technology continuously images the underside of the animals walking atop of the patented motorized transparent treadmill belt, generating “digital paw prints” and dynamic gait signals. These dynamic gait signals, generated for each of the 4 limbs, describe the posture and kinematics of the animals that reflect strength, balance, and coordination. Animals can also be challenged to walk up an incline or down a decline to maximize the details about the subjects’ motor abilities.

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How does DigiGait work?

DigiGait’s patented VPI Technology images the ventral view of animals as they walk on a motorized transparent treadmill belt. [By analogy, imagine yourself at the gym on a treadmill with clear belt, and a camera imaging the underside of your sneakers.] VPI Technology automatically computes the area of the advancing and retreating paws to quantify the spatial and temporal indices of gait. When the motor speed is set to zero, the animals are free to voluntarily traverse the walking corridor, from which images are captured and results generated. The motorized belt, however, enables numerous strides to be captured over a range of walking speeds (0.1 cm/s to 99.9 cm/s); goal boxes and other artifices to compel the animals to walk are not needed. Numerous strides at known and comparable speeds can be measured for all of the animals in a study. Over 50 indices of gait for each limb are reported in spreadsheet ready format.

Why use DigiGait?

DigiGait is the most widely applicable and comprehensive gait analysis instrumentation available. Key advantages over other devices you are considering:

Enables study of voluntary and treadmill walking
Enables study of hopping and running at high speeds
Enables study of gait in animals walking up inclines and down declines
Enables the capture of numerous strides at known and comparable speeds, eliminating speed differences as the most important confounder in the interpretation of gait differences
Data generated have lower standard errors and a higher degree of accuracy and repeatability
The entire ventral view of the subject is imaged, not just the portions of the paw that make contact with illuminated glass
Higher throughput, for data collection and data analysis
Early detection of subtle phenotypes; most subtle phenotypes require animals to be studied over numerous strides under challenging conditions, such as is often the case for humans
Motor Rater
Fine motor skills assessment

Who else uses DigiGait?

DigiGait is used worldwide at universities, biotechnology companies, and pharmaceutical giants. Clients include Harvard, Yale, Stanford, King’s College London, Biogen, Genzyme, and Pfizer to name a few (please ask for references as we respect our customers’ confidences). Research areas include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal cord injury, arthritis, traumatic brain injury, and nerve injury…to name a few…

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DigiGait FAQTom Hampton2015-09-13T01:18:37+00:00

Gait Analysis

1. How does the DigiGait system compare to other gait analysis systems?

The DigiGait system does not require external reflective markers to be attached to the animal for gait analysis, whereas other systems may require markers. DigiGait directly collects digital video images of the underside of animals, whereas other systems may use a mirror to reflect the ventral view of the animal to a camera. As a consequence, image clarity, color, and shades are best preserved by DigiGait. The DigiGait system enables the user to select a range of walking speeds, whereas other systems expect the animal to walk [or not walk] at its preferred walking speed. This feature of DigiGait is important since there may be no gait abnormalities at a slow walking speed, but a high walking speed may demonstrate important differences. Moreover, even subtle differences in walking speed may have profound effects on gait indices. DigiGait empowers the user to study uphill and downhill walking, as subtle phenotypes might be highlighted with incline and decline locomotion. Standard errors are lower, repeatability is higher, throughput is higher, and data is more relevant from DigiGait.

2. Why is temporal resolution important in gait analysis?

Rodents may walk at speeds exceeding 90 cm/s. Mice walking at such speeds recruit their limbs more than 10 times each second. All the kinematic parameters are shortened at such a high speed. The braking duration of the forelimbs, for example, can be shorter than 40 ms. High temporal resolution, therefore, is important to provide exact information about subtle gait abnormalities.

3. What is the spatial resolution of the DigiGait system?

The spatial resolution of the DigiGait system exceeds 5,000 pixels per cm2.

4. How does the DigiGait system determine the correct swing time?

The treadmill belt of the DigiGait system is transparent, so that the high resolution digital video camera is able to image the ventral view of the paws even when they are not in contact with the treadmill belt. Among the thousands of lines of code and artificial intelligence algorithms within the DigiGait software are functions that detect not only the spatial coordinates of a pixel, but also its direction. An image pixel of a paw that has a linear direction parallel to the treadmill belt is in the stance phase of a stride. An image pixel of a paw that has a direction different from the direction of the belt is in the swing phase of stride.

5. How often does the treadmill belt need to be replaced?

One of the first DigiGait treadmills has been in service at the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company for over 5 years, and the treadmill belt has been changed once. The belt can be exchanged in <10 minutes. The belt material has good transparency without comprising the animals’ tactile walking comfort. The belt can be cleaned with most laboratory cleaning agents, including ethanol.

6. Can spinal cord injured animals walk on the treadmill?

Spinal cord injured rodents are able to execute stepping on the treadmill. In animals with total hemisection, the forelimbs of the animals attempt to compensate for hind limbs paralysis. The DigiGait system is able to quantify the asymmetry between forelimb and hind limb stepping as the animals recover from spinal cord injury. Several gait metrics are of interest in spinal cord injured animals, including phase dispersion, paw placement angle, and toe spread.

7. How do the metrics of the DigiGait system compare to the BBB score?

The DigiGait system objectively reports over 30 metrics of posture and locomotion at a range of walking speeds. There are likely some functional measures of the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan (BBB) score that relate to the DigiGait system’s quantitative metrics. However, most gait metrics are very sensitive to walking speeds, and walking speeds usually differ between animals in the open field. Stride lengths, for example, of a group of mice with cerebral infarction, may be significantly different at walking speeds of 20 cm/s vs. 25 cm/s, a velocity difference imperceptible to the eye. The DigiGait system also reports phase dispersion values that quantify interlimb coordination, differences which are relevant when animals are studied at comparable walking speeds.

8. Does the DigiGait system measure ground reaction forces?

The DigiGait system does not measure ground reaction forces. Only a system that includes force transducers can measure ground reaction forces. The qualitative shape and quantitative timings of gait signals obtained by the DigiGait system, however, have been shown to correlate to force development in rodents. For example, the protracted braking durations of forelimbs compared to hind limbs, and the briefer propulsion durations of hind limbs compared to forelimbs, indicate hind limb vs. forelimb functional differences in loading and force development. DigiGait, moreover, has demonstrated significant differences in several gait metrics in hamsters with muscular dystrophy that may be attributable to their muscle weakness.

9. Why did you patent the DigiGait system?

Scientists and engineers from Mouse Specifics, Inc. and The CuraVita Corporation invented the technology and analysis software for imaging small mammals’ gait from underneath a transparent treadmill belt, for which a United Sates patent was issued [US Patent (#6,899,686), Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Locomotion Kinematics for Ambulating Animals]. The system provides not only two-dimensional topography, but also three-dimensional kinematics from one camera placed ventrally. The patent exemplifies not only the system’s utility and novelty, but also our commitment to scientific leadership in the field. Imitators of our patented technology do not adhere to the same rigor in ensuring instrument accuracy or sensitivity, especially when most motor defects are subtle.

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DigiGait Data Analysis

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2022

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2021

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

Eftaxiopoulou T, et al. Gait compensations in rats after a temporary nerve palsy quantified using temporo-spatial and kinematic parameters. J Neurosci Methods. 2014; 232:16-23. Read Abstract

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2013

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2012

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2011

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2010

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2009

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2008

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2007

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Ganguly M, et al. Effects of acute chondroitinase treatment and training on functional recovery following moderate spinal cord injury in rats. Program No. 405.6/TT10. 2007 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience. 2007. Online.

Hampton TG, et al. Gait disturbances in BIO 14.6 and BIO TO2 dystrophic hamsters. 2007 Experimental Biology meeting [on CD-ROM]. Abstract #558.3, 2007.

Hampton TG, et al. Does your mouse walk strangely? Gait analysis in rodent models of neuromuscular disease. 2007 BIO International Convention meeting abstracts [Online]. Abstract #4.

Huntington J, et al. Hind limb locomotor recovery following spinal cord injury in the rat: Comparison of automated paw print analysis at different gait speeds, open field scores, and recovery time. Program No. 75.18/GG18. 2007 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience. 2007. Online.

Luo E, et al. Neurturin protects against gait impairment and induced unilateral neurodegeneration model. Program No. 265.3/T22. 200. Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience. 2007. Online.

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Rommelfanger KS, et al. Norepinephrine loss produces more profound motor deficits than MPTP treatment in mice Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 104:13804-9. Read Abstract

Theriault BR, et al. Gait analysis of mice emerging from isoflurane anesthesia. 58th AALAS National Meeting. Accepted Abstract, 2007.

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2006

Hampton TG, et al. Propranolol attenuates sympathetic hyperfunction, delays motor dysfunction, and prolongs life in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eur Heart J. 2006 27(Supp.):2161. 2006. [Online], P5469.

Hampton TG, et al. See how they run: gait in blind mice. Program No. 12.9. 2006 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience. 2006.

Lee G, et al. Neurotoxic susceptibility in a mouse model of ALS2 as revealed by behavioral analysis. Program No. 671.4. 2006 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience. 2006.

Piesla MJ, et al. Neuropathic and inflammatory pain alters gait and constitutes a novel measurement of therapeutic efficacy in the rat. Program No. 553.7. 2006 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, 2006.

Prior to 2005

Amende I, et al. Gait deterioration in the SOD1 G93A mouse model of ALS Program No. 131.13. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience. 2005. Online.

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