Rodent Gait Analysis System (Top-Gait) is a high-precision platform for studying rodent gait and animal walking patterns. Designed for researchers investigating neuromuscular dysfunction, spinal cord injuries, arthritis, and neurodegenerative diseases, our system combines AI-driven software, HD Camera tracking, and intelligent video capture to detect subtle changes in gait and posture.
The Rodent Gait Analysis system is a complete system for the quantitative evaluation of animal walking and gait in rodent.
The rodent gait analysis is an inspection method to study the walking regularity, aiming to reveal the key links and influencing factors of gait abnormalities through biomechanical and kinematic means, so as to guide rehabilitation assessment and treatment, and also contribute to clinical diagnosis, efficacy evaluation and injury mechanism research. Our rodent Gait Analysis System is the sensitive tool to assess gait and locomotion. It is a complete system which composed of Lighting system, HD Color Camera, Walkway, Computer workstation and Software, which can quantitatively record and automated analyze the locomotor ability of rodents for more than 100 parameters.
Application
Neurological and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Parkinson’s Disease (PD)
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
Huntington’s Disease (HD)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Aging-related motor decline
Neuromuscular and Movement Disorders
Spinal cord injury
Vestibular dysfunction
Pain syndromes
Drug-induced gait changes
Two walkways available, one for test and one for training, improving training efficiency.
Gas module (0-100kpa adjustable) to achieve animals be quickly trained to standard walking through the walkway.
Sound module stimulation (1-130db pure tone, white noise) can be available. (optional)
Video recording starts automatically only when the mice enter the ROI area, and automatically stop recording and video save after the mice leave the ROI.
Various footprints be recognized and classified in a very short time, and ensure the high accuracy.
Interactive Footprints Correction module allows you to detect the error by pressing the frame-by-frame button and moving the progress bar etc. After the correction, detection can be restarted which can greatly improve the accuracy of the Gait Analysis.
Software integrates the camera parameter adjustment function, be flexibly adjust the camera gain (range 0-16), exposure time (range 5000-15000) and frame rate (maximum 165). Video frame quality can be easily improved through the camera adjustment.
Advantages
Voluntarily and unforced moving, natural walking behavior
Leverages advanced artificial intelligence to accurately capture and classify each footprint and locomotor pattern in real time.
Benefit: Enables non-invasive, stress-free detection of subtle gait abnormalities with high reproducibility.
Adjustable High Speed HD Color Camera
The software integrates the camera parameter adjustment function, which can flexibly adjust the camera gain (range 0-16), exposure time (range 5000-15000) and frame rate (maximum 165). Video frame quality can be easily improve through the camera adjustment.
Benefit:Supports clear visualization and accurate tracking of over 100 gait parameters, including stride length and paw contact intensity.
lntelligent & Automatic Recording
1. Video recording will start only when the mice enter the ROI area, and automatically stop recording and video save after the mice leave the ROI.
2. Maximum and minimum run duration, minimum number of compliant runs to acquire and maximum rate of change of speed are set before the start of detection to avoid failure of acquisition and ensure consistency of video recording.
Benefit:Ensures clean and valid gait recordings, reducing the chance of irrelevant footage and saving time during analysis.
Automatic Footprint Classification
The built-in algorithm recognize and classify the various footprints in a very short time, and ensure the high accuracy, which takes the manual labor of classifying each footprint out of your hands to save your experiment time in half.
Interactive Footprints Measurements & Correction
The Interactive Footprints Correction module allows you to detect the error by pressing the frame-by-frame button and moving the progress bar etc. After the correction, detection can be restarted which can greatly improve the accuracy of the Gait Analysis.
Benefit:Greatly enhances data accuracy, even in models with severe neuromuscular dysfunction or paralysis.
Targeted Video Clip Selection
Select and trim only valid gait sequences for analysis — exclude rest time or abnormal behavior. Benefit:Streamlines data collection for both standard and challenging cases, such as spinal cord injury or arthritis models.
Threshold Adjustments for Visual Optimization
After the footprint classification, rectangular box in different color will be used to in the footprint and a white curve will be drawn on the body of the mouse to show the body shape.
Benefit:Compatible with various rodent strains, including pigmented and albino species, for consistent results.
All footprints of the animal will be shown on the walkway.
The existing footprints can be enlarged to show each detail of the footprints.
Paw landing situation at various moments, that is, the time sequence diagram.
2D diagram of Intensity reflects the maximum and average intensity when the paws touch the ground.
3D diagram of Intensity displays the intensity in each position of the paws in real time.
Our Rodent Gait analysis can be used to understand the development process of neurogenic diseases, evaluate the effect of treatment methods and screen therapeutic drugs. For example, PD leads to stiffness and reduced coordination of limb movements. The mouse and rat gait analysis system can evaluate the motor coordination by measuring the interfoot distance, swing phase, stance mode and step sequence ratio etc. of the rodent, which give you a great insight into a variety of conditions like Parkinson’s disease and ataxia.
Q1: What species is the system compatible with?
A: The system supports both mice and rats, with adjustable walkway settings for different body sizes and weights.
Q2: What’s the difference between Top-Gait and and other systems like CatWalk or DigiGait?
A: Our system adds AI-powered footprint analysis, dual walkway design, gas-driven walking assistance, and manual correction tools — offering higher data accuracy and flexibility.
Q3: Can I analyze paralyzed or poorly coordinated animals?
A: Yes. With manual acquisition mode, video trimming, and interactive correction tools, the system is ideal for capturing irregular gaits in compromised animals.
Q4: Is software training required?
A: Yes, we can offer both onsite or online training. And our gait software interface is intuitive, and we provide full user manuals and remote support for setup and use.
Q5: How many parameters can be measured?
A: More than 100 gait parameters including stride length, stance time, swing time, and paw pressure intensity.
Q6: Can I export the data?
A: Absolutely. All results can be exportable in .csv and .xlsx format, ready for processing in Excel, SPSS, or other statistical tools. And all the heatmap, chart can be exportable in svg, jpg, png, mp4 format.
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