Puppy Gait Analysis Study
Amber Dequaine, DVM, CVSMT, CCRT
Sports Medicine Resident
[email protected]
Amber Winter, CVT
Research Professional 2
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612-624-1352
Study title
Longitudinal Analysis of Gait in Puppies to Adulthood
Purpose of study
The UMN Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Service is doing a study analyzing the gait and coordination of puppies as they grow into an adult. To help determine developmental landmarks for training, improve puppy physical fitness safely, and to be able to potentially detect developmental diseases earlier.
Eligibility criteria
Puppies must:
be 5-9 weeks old
can be any breed, weight and gender
be free of significant lameness or limb deformities that affect gait
Procedures
Data is collected by the puppy walking over a gait analysis mat while being filmed. The procedure takes around 30 minutes and will be collected 9-10 times over the first year.
Costs
There are no costs to the owner associated with participating in this study.