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

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dc.citation.issue5
dc.citation.volume11
dc.contributor.authorBolton S
dc.contributor.authorCave N
dc.contributor.authorCogger N
dc.contributor.authorColborne GR
dc.contributor.editorGaunet F
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-17T21:53:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:48:18Z
dc.date.available2021-04-27
dc.date.available2024-01-17T21:53:34Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:48:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.description.abstractAccelerometry 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 accelerometer signal. Gait could be categorised (pseudo-R2 = 0.87) into binary categories of walking and faster (trot or canter), but not into the separate faster gaits. The estimation of speed above 3 m/s was inaccurate, though it is not clear whether that inaccuracy was due to the sampling frequency of the particular device, or whether that is an inherent limitation of collar-mounted accelerometers in dogs. Thus, collar-mounted accelerometry can reliably categorise dogs' gaits into two categories, but finer gait descriptions or speed estimates require individual dog modelling and validation. Nonetheless, this accelerometry method could improve the use of accelerometry to detect treatment effects in osteoarthritis by allowing the selection of periods of activity that are most affected by treatment.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.edition.editionMay 2021`
dc.format.pagination1262-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33925747
dc.identifier.citationBolton S, Cave N, Cogger N, Colborne GR. (2021). Use of a Collar-Mounted Triaxial Accelerometer to Predict Speed and Gait in Dogs.. Animals (Basel). 11. 5. (pp. 1262-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani11051262
dc.identifier.eissn2076-2615
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.numberARTN 1262
dc.identifier.piiani11051262
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70915
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/5/1262
dc.relation.isPartOfAnimals (Basel)
dc.rights(c) 2021 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectaccelerometry
dc.subjectdog
dc.subjectgait
dc.subjectprediction
dc.subjectspeed
dc.subjecttreadmill
dc.titleUse of a Collar-Mounted Triaxial Accelerometer to Predict Speed and Gait in Dogs
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id444947
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