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Evaluation of a novel canine activity monitor for at-home physical activity analysis

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dc.contributor.authorYashari, Jonathan M., author
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Colleen G., author
dc.contributor.authorDuerr, Felix M., author
dc.contributor.authorBioMed Central, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-30T19:45:26Z
dc.date.available2015-09-30T19:45:26Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractBackground: Accelerometers are motion-sensing devices that have been used to assess physical activity in dogs. However, the lack of a user-friendly, inexpensive accelerometer has hindered the widespread use of this objective outcome measure in veterinary research. Recently, a smartphone-based, affordable activity monitor (Whistle) has become available for measurement of at-home physical activity in dogs. The aim of this research was to evaluate this novel accelerometer. Eleven large breed, privately owned dogs wore a collar fitted with both the Whistle device and a previously validated accelerometer-based activity monitor (Actical) for a 24-h time period. Owners were asked to have their dogs resume normal daily activities. Total activity time obtained from the Whistle device in minutes was compared to the total activity count from the Actical device. Activity intensity from the Whistle device was calculated manually from screenshots of the activity bars displayed in the smartphone-application and compared to the activity count recorded by the Actical in the same 3-min time period. Results: A total of 3740 time points were compared. There was a strong correlation between activity intensity of both devices for individual time points (Pearson's correlation coefficient 0.81, p < 0.0001). An even stronger correlation was observed between the total activity data between the two devices (Pearson's correlation coefficient 0.925, p < 0.0001).Conclusions: Activity data provided by the Whistle activity monitor may be used as an objective outcome measurement in dogs. The total activity time provided by the Whistle application offers an inexpensive method for obtaining at-home, canine, real-time physical activity data. Limitations of the Whistle device include the limited battery life, the need for manual derivation of activity intensity data and data transfer, and the requirement of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth availability for data transmission.
dc.description.sponsorshipPublished with support from the Colorado State University Libraries Open Access Research and Scholarship Fund.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationYashari, Jonathan M., Colleen G. Duncan and Felix M. Duerr. Evaluation of a Novel Canine Activity Monitor for At-Home Physical Activity Analysis. BMC Veterinary Research 11:146 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-015-0457-y
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-015-0457-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/167456
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofOpen Access Research and Scholarship Fund (OARS)
dc.rights.licenseThis article is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectphysical activity monitoring
dc.subjectaccelerometer
dc.subjectosteoarthritis
dc.subjectgait analysis
dc.titleEvaluation of a novel canine activity monitor for at-home physical activity analysis
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