Figure 3 – Basic Rodent Gait Pattern.
Representative run from CatWalk demonstrating a normal gait pattern, viewed from below, with the animal walking from left to right. Left front (LF), left hind (LH), right front (RF), and right hind (RH) paw prints are labeled. Animal is a 4-month-old male wildtype C57BL/6 mouse. The footstrikes are equally spaced between the left and right sides, with the front and hind limbs overlapping in their step.