Research Advancements in Canine Athletes – Utilizing Novel Technologies
Overview:
Injuries are common in canine athletes, however, the exact causes of injury and the best management for injury are unknown. Handlers and trainers need a reliable, accurate way to measure and monitor athlete activity and further research is needed on how the specifics of activity correlate with injury and injury recovery. Advances in human- and canine-wearable sensors provide new ways of accurately recognizing and measuring movement, and machine learning techniques can find patterns in movement data to perform activity recognition. Current research, funded by the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation, is focused on developing a canine-wearable system to recognize agility activity so that we can measure canine training workload, speed, fatigue and other parameters to optimize performance, to evaluate the relation of training parameters and injury risk, and to study injury prevention strategies. This presentation will review the current state of research on canine athletes, evaluate current technologies utilized in canine athlete research and the development of new technologies, and discuss the future opportunities for research.
Learning Objectives:
1. To review current state of research on canine athletes and identify knowledge gaps
2. To evaluate current technologies utilized in canine athlete research and the development of new technologies
3. To discuss the future opportunities for research in canine athlete health
Original air date: August 21,2024
Speaker: Arielle Pechette Markley, DVM, CVMA, CCRT, CVPP, DAIPM, DACVSMR
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