By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Veterinary Week -- Investigators publish new report on Veterinary Medicine. According to news reporting originating in Gloucester, United Kingdom, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “Many dog owners allow their pets to jump out of a car boot; however, to date, there has been no study that has investigated whether this places dogs at risk of injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between height and peak vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) in static start jumps.”
The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, “Fifteen healthy adult dogs performed three jumps from a platform that represented common vehicle boot sill heights (0.55, 0.65, 0.75 m), landing on a single force platform. Kinetic data (mediolateral (Fx), craniocaudal (Fy) and vertical (Fz)) were normalised for body weight and analysed via a one-way repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA) and pairwise post hoc tests with a Bonferroni correction applied. There was a significant difference in peak forelimb vGRF between both the 0.55 m (27.35?4.14 N/kg) and the 0.65 m (30.84?3.66 N/kg) platform (p=0.001) and between the 0.65 and 0.75 m (34.12?3.63 N/kg) platform (p=0.001). There was no significant difference in mediolateral or craniocaudal forces between the heights examined. These results suggest that allowing dogs to jump from bigger cars with a higher boot sill may result in augmented levels of loading on anatomical structures.”
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Further research is required to investigate the kinematic effects of height on static jump-down and how peak forelimb vGRF relates to anatomical loading and subsequent injury risk.”
For more information on this research see: Peak forelimb ground reaction forces experienced by dogs jumping from a simulated car boot. The Veterinary Record , 2018;():.
Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting D. Pardey, Animal Welfare Research and Knowledge Exchange Arena, Dept. of Animal and Agriculture, Hartpury University Centre, Gloucester, UK. Additional authors for this research include G. Tabor, J.A. Oxley and A.P Wills.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104788. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-04-23), Study Findings from D. Pardey et al Broaden Understanding of Veterinary Medicine (Peak forelimb ground reaction forces experienced by dogs jumping from a simulated car boot), Veterinary Week, 109, ISSN: 1944-2785, BUTTER® ID: 015549284
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