Technologies and Sensor Design for the Measurement of Ground Reaction Forces in Mice: A Review

To better understand the pathophysiology and functional outcomes of musculoskeletal neuromotor pathologies, research is often conducted in mice models. As a key component such research, metrics movement, loading, symmetry, stability all have to be assessed, ideally requiring measurement 3D ground reaction forces, which can difficult. While forces (GRF) well developed for humans, appropriate devices remain rare or inadequate. Such need combine high sensitivity with small dimensions, especially when each individual paw should measured. preparation building device that measure GRF per an upcoming study, this systematic review literature identified 122 articles 49 measured other animals. Based on variety criteria, as resonance frequency, miniaturisation and/or its capability three components paws were judged. The consequently classified; eight classified “can adapted”, nine “hard 24 “cannot adapted”.