Impairment of Weight Support of Lower Limbs after Spinal Cord Hemi-section in Rhesus Mon-keys
ZHAO Wen
WEI Rui-han
RAO Jia-sheng
ZHAO Can
TIAN Peng-yu
ZHOU Xia
JI Run
LI Li-feng
YANG Zhao-yang
LI Xiao-guang
Abstract：Objective To observe the influence of spinal cord injury on lower limbs weight support capacity,and the changes with time. Methods Six adult female rhesus monkeys with thoracic(T7-9)right spinal cord hemi-section were measured the plantar pressure ratio of both lower limbs with Foot-Scan system before,and six and twelve weeks after operation. Results There was no statistical difference between both sides of limbs before operation(Z=-1.330,P>0.05),while the plantar pressure ratio was more on the left limbs six and twelve weeks after operation(Z>4.783,P<0.001).The plantar pressure ratio of right lower limb became less and less during observation(Z=3.191,P<0.001). Conclusion The weight support capacity of affected limbs is injured after spinal cord hemi-section in monkeys, and would become worse without intervention.
Keywords：spinal cord injurylower limbsbody weightsupportrhesus monkeys
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 266-268 )