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Measuring the Strength of Mice
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Kondziela devised the inverted screen test and published it in 1964. It is a test of muscle strength using all four limbs. Most normal mice easily score maximum on this task; it is a quick but insensitive gross screen, and the weights test described in this article will provide a finer measure of muscular strength. There are also several strain gauge-based pieces of apparatus available commercially that will provide more graded data than the inverted screen test, but their cost may put them beyond the reach of many laboratories which do not specialize in strength testing. Hence in 2000 a cheap and simple apparatus was devised by the author. It consists of a series of chain links of increasing length, attached to a "fur collector" a ball of fine wire mesh sold for preventing limescale build up in hard water areas. An accidental observation revealed that mice could grip these very tightly, so they proved ideal as a grip point for a weight-lifting apparatus. A common fault with commercial strength meters is that the bar or other grip feature is not thin enough for mice to exert a maximum grip. As a general rule, the thinner the wire or bar, the better a mouse can grip with its small claws. This is a pure test of strength, although as for any test motivational factors could potentially play a role. The use of scale collectors, however, seems to minimize motivational problems as the motivation appears to be very high for most normal young adult mice.
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- Authors
- Deacon, R. M. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Visualized Experiments
- Publisher
- MyJove Corporation
- Published
- 2013-06-02
- Issue
- 76
- ISSN
- 1940-087X (ISSN-L)
- DOI
- 10.3791/2610
- OpenAlex
- W1982034065
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 10.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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