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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Neurol. 2010 Mar 17;224(1):178–187. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.03.008

Figure 3.

Figure 3

The graph shown in A compares the mean peak (extension), trough (flexion) and excursion of the hip-ankle-toe angle for trained and untrained 25g-cm injured animals, in both dry and wet (5cm of water) conditions, with uninjured baseline measures (normal, dry) at 9 weeks post-injury after 8 weeks of training (all are means ± SD). No group differences were detected except for the untrained group that had a significantly higher mean peak (extension) in the dry tank compared to baseline (normal, dry; Independent t-test; *, p<.05). The stick figures in B and C illustrate the limb and joint movements during stepping of a representative trained 25g-cm injured animal in shallow water (B) and in a dry tank (C). In shallow water the point representing the toe remains fixed during stance. In contrast, when walking in a dry tank this animal exhibited dragging of the hindlimb in both extended and flexed states as illustrated by the movement of the point representing the toe relative to the bottom of the tank (contact).