Topic: 2D kinematics

Animals’ ability to execute and adapt movements relies on neural networks in the spinal cord that regulate the rhythm and pattern of muscle contractions. Neuronal dysfunctions within these circuits, resulting from physiological or pathological processes, affect postural stability and resilience of motor behavior to external perturbations. To assess the biomechanical strategies adopted by mice to execute postural-demanding motor tasks, we reconstructed 2D kinematics in mice challenged to run on a treadmill and cross increasingly narrower beams. The joint coordinates in markerless mice were trac