Figure 6

(A) Walking performances during repeated horizontal ladder crossings. Number of slips (misses) and falls in any of the four feet were scored in three rats. Rats demonstrated improved walking skills during the training period of one week with lowered number of falls and misses prior to injury (Days 1–7). Animals showed no statistically significant changes in motor performance scores with nearly the same miss and fall scores on day-1 (Day 8) and day-2 (Day 9) of injury. (B) Effect of mild blast injury on rotarod performance. Values were recorded from control and blast-injured animals on day 1, day 3 and day post-injury. Results are the mean ± SEM of the time animals remained on the rotarod before falling. There was no significant difference between control and injured animal groups at any time point (p > 0.05).