Effect of contact time on variance of ground reaction forces during force platform gait analysis of a heterogeneous sample of clinically normal dogs

• Published in: American journal of veterinary research Vol. 79; no. 5; pp. 546 - 554
• Main Authors: Hoffman, Christopher L., Volstad, Nicola J., Hans, Eric C., Nemke, Brett W., Muir, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Acceleration; Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena; dogs; Dogs - physiology; Female; Forelimb - physiology; Gait; Hindlimb - physiology; lameness; Male; Orthopedics - veterinary; shoulders; Stress, Mechanical; variance; veterinary medicine; withers

OBJECTIVE To develop contact time (ConT) and withers height-normalized relative ConT (ConT*) for force platform gait analysis of dogs. ANIMALS 29 healthy client-owned dogs. PROCEDURES Height at the most dorsal aspect of the shoulders (withers) was measured with a framing square. Dogs were trotted ac...