Validity, practical utility and reliability of Actigraph accelerometry for the measurement of habitual physical activity in dogs

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 86-91

  Yam, P S ^a   Penpraze, V ^a   Young, D ^b   Todd, M S ^a   Cloney, A D ^a   Houston Callaghan, K A ^c   Reilly, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TELEMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEMETRY; WALKING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79251474021     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2010.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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