Training and quantifying voluntary plantar-flexor movements of rats

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• Personal Author:
  Cutlip, Robert G. ; Gregory E ; Wirth, Oliver
• Description:
  The present paper describes a rat preparation that was designed to produce voluntary plantar-flexor movements under precise constraints and to record various movement parameters. Sixteen rats were trained with operant conditioning techniques and food rewards to voluntarily and repeatedly enter a vertical tube, insert its head into a ring, lift the ring until its nose interrupted an infrared detector, and then lower the ring. The apparatus and training procedures were computer automated. Results demonstrate the ability of this preparation to precisely control and record the dynamics of a repetitive lifting and lowering movement of the lower limbs applicable to studies of muscle adaptation or injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Laboratories Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Animal-studies Force Laboratory-animals Muscle-function Muscle-physiology Muscles Musculoskeletal-system
• ISBN:
  0780374193
• ISSN:
  1071-121X
• Publisher:
  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  95-96
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047118
• Citation:
  IEEE 28th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, April 20-21, 2002, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Moxon K, El-Sherif D, Kanakasabai S., eds. New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2002 Jun; :95-96
• Editor(s):
  Moxon K; El-Sherif D; Kanakasabai S
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  IEEE 28th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, April 20-21, 2002, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a326fb7b2cef9ffb618b32dc47742146591abc38434bb650720b32d2c98e7f0adf4cb257d198111e253a07d074b8d2d634cae987024f926982ef67b762fa7c98
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202308/cdc_202308_DS1.pdf
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