Reliability of ground reaction forces measured on a treadmill system in healthy dogs

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 373-378

  Bockstahler, Barbara A ^a   Skalicky, Monika ^a   Peham, Christian ^a   Müller, Marion ^a   Lorinson, Dragan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Clinic for Small Animal Surgery   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dog; Gait analysis; Ground reaction forces; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; STANDING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; EXERCISE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WALKING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33847079204     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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