Factors influencing, and associated with, physical activity patterns in dogs with osteoarthritis-associated pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accelerometry can be used to measure physical activity and is a validated objective measure for evaluating the impact of osteoarthritis (OA) pain in companion animals. However, several factors other than OA pain can affect physical activity in dogs, and relatively little is understood about their influence. Functional linear modeling (FLM) is an approach for analyzing and visualizing high-frequency longitudinal data such as physical activity and can be used to assess the influence of factors on activity patterns. This study aimed to use FLM to investigate the effect of various factors on physical activity patterns in a cohort of dogs with OA pain.

Methods

Ninety-nine client-owned dogs with radiographic and clinical evidence of OA were fitted with a collar-based ac

SUBMITTER: Stevens C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11963776 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature