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Comparative Kinematic Analysis of Hurdle Clearance Technique in Dogs: A Preliminary Report
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Hurdle jumping is part of the increasingly popular canine agility competition. Although the jumping characteristics of agility dogs have been examined in recent years, there is currently a lack of data related to the suspension phase. The purpose of the present study was to investiga...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7765657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33339144 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10122405 |
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author | Miró, Francisco López, Patricia Vilar, Jose Manuel Galisteo, Alfonso M. Vivo, Joaquín Garrido-Castro, Juan L. Gutierrez-Cepeda, Luna |
author_facet | Miró, Francisco López, Patricia Vilar, Jose Manuel Galisteo, Alfonso M. Vivo, Joaquín Garrido-Castro, Juan L. Gutierrez-Cepeda, Luna |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: Hurdle jumping is part of the increasingly popular canine agility competition. Although the jumping characteristics of agility dogs have been examined in recent years, there is currently a lack of data related to the suspension phase. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the biomechanics of the suspension phase of the agility jump and to analyze the kinematic differences in dogs with different jumping abilities. Two groups of dogs competing at different skill levels and assessed as excellent jumpers and less-skilled jumpers, respectively, were analyzed and compared. Excellent jumpers showed longer and faster jumps with flatter jump trajectories than less-skilled jumpers. In less-skilled jumpers, the distance in front of the hurdle was notably greater than the distance behind it, while the difference between these two distances was less in excellent jumpers. Length and duration of the jump, maximal height of the jumping trajectory, take-off and landing distances to the hurdle, time of occurrence of maximal jump height, and time of change in back orientation essentially defines the suspension phase of the agility jump. This study presents preliminary evidence that the kinematic characteristics of hurdle clearance are different in excellent jumper dogs and in less-skilled jumper dogs. ABSTRACT: Although the jumping characteristics of agility dogs have been examined in recent years, there is currently a lack of data related to the suspension phase. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the biomechanics of the suspension phase of the agility jump and to analyze the kinematic differences in dogs with different jumping abilities. Two groups of dogs of the same height category (large dogs) competing at different skill levels and assessed as excellent jumpers (n = 4) and less-skilled jumpers (n = 3), respectively, were analyzed and statistically compared. Excellent jumpers showed longer and faster jumps with flatter jump trajectories than less-skilled jumpers. In less-skilled jumpers, the distance in front of the hurdle was notably greater than the distance behind it, while the difference between these two distances was less in excellent jumpers. Length and duration of the jump, maximal height of the jumping trajectory, take-off and landing distances to the hurdle, time of occurrence of maximal jump height, and time of change in back orientation essentially defines the suspension phase of the agility jump. This study presents preliminary evidence that the kinematic characteristics of hurdle clearance are different in excellent jumper dogs and in less-skilled jumper dogs. |
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spelling | pubmed-77656572020-12-27 Comparative Kinematic Analysis of Hurdle Clearance Technique in Dogs: A Preliminary Report Miró, Francisco López, Patricia Vilar, Jose Manuel Galisteo, Alfonso M. Vivo, Joaquín Garrido-Castro, Juan L. Gutierrez-Cepeda, Luna Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Hurdle jumping is part of the increasingly popular canine agility competition. Although the jumping characteristics of agility dogs have been examined in recent years, there is currently a lack of data related to the suspension phase. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the biomechanics of the suspension phase of the agility jump and to analyze the kinematic differences in dogs with different jumping abilities. Two groups of dogs competing at different skill levels and assessed as excellent jumpers and less-skilled jumpers, respectively, were analyzed and compared. Excellent jumpers showed longer and faster jumps with flatter jump trajectories than less-skilled jumpers. In less-skilled jumpers, the distance in front of the hurdle was notably greater than the distance behind it, while the difference between these two distances was less in excellent jumpers. Length and duration of the jump, maximal height of the jumping trajectory, take-off and landing distances to the hurdle, time of occurrence of maximal jump height, and time of change in back orientation essentially defines the suspension phase of the agility jump. This study presents preliminary evidence that the kinematic characteristics of hurdle clearance are different in excellent jumper dogs and in less-skilled jumper dogs. ABSTRACT: Although the jumping characteristics of agility dogs have been examined in recent years, there is currently a lack of data related to the suspension phase. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the biomechanics of the suspension phase of the agility jump and to analyze the kinematic differences in dogs with different jumping abilities. Two groups of dogs of the same height category (large dogs) competing at different skill levels and assessed as excellent jumpers (n = 4) and less-skilled jumpers (n = 3), respectively, were analyzed and statistically compared. Excellent jumpers showed longer and faster jumps with flatter jump trajectories than less-skilled jumpers. In less-skilled jumpers, the distance in front of the hurdle was notably greater than the distance behind it, while the difference between these two distances was less in excellent jumpers. Length and duration of the jump, maximal height of the jumping trajectory, take-off and landing distances to the hurdle, time of occurrence of maximal jump height, and time of change in back orientation essentially defines the suspension phase of the agility jump. This study presents preliminary evidence that the kinematic characteristics of hurdle clearance are different in excellent jumper dogs and in less-skilled jumper dogs. MDPI 2020-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7765657/ /pubmed/33339144 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10122405 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Miró, Francisco López, Patricia Vilar, Jose Manuel Galisteo, Alfonso M. Vivo, Joaquín Garrido-Castro, Juan L. Gutierrez-Cepeda, Luna Comparative Kinematic Analysis of Hurdle Clearance Technique in Dogs: A Preliminary Report |
title | Comparative Kinematic Analysis of Hurdle Clearance Technique in Dogs: A Preliminary Report |
title_full | Comparative Kinematic Analysis of Hurdle Clearance Technique in Dogs: A Preliminary Report |
title_fullStr | Comparative Kinematic Analysis of Hurdle Clearance Technique in Dogs: A Preliminary Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Kinematic Analysis of Hurdle Clearance Technique in Dogs: A Preliminary Report |
title_short | Comparative Kinematic Analysis of Hurdle Clearance Technique in Dogs: A Preliminary Report |
title_sort | comparative kinematic analysis of hurdle clearance technique in dogs: a preliminary report |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7765657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33339144 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10122405 |
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