Kinematic and temporospatial assessment of habituation of Labrador retrievers to treadmill trotting

Gustås, PiaSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper (KV),Department of Clinical Sciences (author)

This study investigated differences in kinematic and temporospatial variables in treadmill-naive dogs when introduced to treadmill trotting and the time required to for them to become habituated to the treadmill. Twenty-four healthy Labrador retrievers, with an age range of 22-36 months and with no history of orthopaedic disease, were included in the study. A motion capture system registered kinematic variables of the carpus, elbow, tarsus and stifle, along with stride time and stance duration, at 240 Hz. Six sessions, each lasting 8-10 min, walking and trotting on the treadmill were performed with each dog, with three sessions on each of two consecutive days. The between-stride variability of total angular displacement of the carpus, elbow, stifle and tarsus, as well as the stride and stance time, was higher during the day 1 trotting sessions than in the last session of day 2. These stabilised to non-significant levels before the second session on the second day of measurements and thus habituation was achieved. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Andersson, KarinSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Universitetsdjursjukhuset(Swepub:slu)96491 (author)
Honkavaara, SofiaVästra Djursjukhuset(Swepub:slu)56245 (author)
Lagerstedt, Anne-SofieSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper (KV),Department of Clinical Sciences(Swepub:slu)48615 (author)
Byström, AnnaSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för anatomi, fysiologi och biokemi,Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry (AFB)(Swepub:slu)51080 (author)
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitetInstitutionen för kliniska vetenskaper (KV) (creator_code:org_t)
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

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