Use of a Collar-Mounted Triaxial Accelerometer to Predict Speed and Gait in Dogs.

ABSTRACT: Accelerometry has been used to measure treatment efficacy in dogs with osteoarthritis, although interpretation is difficult. Simplification of the output into speed or gait categories could simplify interpretation. We aimed to determine whether collar-mounted accelerometry could estimate the speed and categorise dogs' gait on a treadmill. Eight Huntaway dogs were fitted with a triaxial accelerometer and then recorded using high-speed video on a treadmill at a slow and fast walk, trot, and canter. The accelerometer data (delta-G) was aligned with the video data and records of the treadmill speed and gait. Mixed linear and logistic regression models that included delta-G and a term accounting for the dogs' skeletal sizes were used to predict speed and gait, respectively, from the acceleromet

SUBMITTER: Bolton S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8146851 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature