Description

CSI-G-FF: FootFaultScan (Parallel Rod Test) Apparatus

This setup includes an apparatus with a floor comprised of parallel rods, and associated software that measures primarily two types of behaviors: (1) foot slips, which are measured by a touch sensor underneath the parallel rod floor, and (2) locomotor activity measured by video analysis from the top.

The parallel rod floor test and apparatus have been designed as a measure for ataxia in mice and was created as a replacement for the rotarod test (Kamens & Crabbe, 2007).