Gait Analysis.

Gait adaptations can be difficult to detect with the naked eye and therefore can be difficult to monitor.

Gait analysis is an objective way to assess gait and can be compared to in future.

Healthy dogs with a sub-clinical lameness (where lameness can not readily be seen but is suspected) can have their gait assessed to help identify the problem area. This is increasingly commonly used in sporting dogs to identify early gait adaptation to prevent injury, or to identify problems where there has been a performance drop.

Post injury and/or surgery, gait analysis can be used to ensure progress is made and that the treatment protocols are effective. 

The Zebris CanidGait® records:

• Contact forces

• Pressure distribution pattern of each paw

• Trajectory of each paws center of pressure during movement

• Temperospatial gait parameters (step lengths, length of the gait cycle, speed, cadence, stance and swing phase distribution)

• The course of the body’s centres of gravity

• Contact force curves for each leg