The force platform gait analysis (Kistler force platform, Type 9286, Kistler Instrumente AG Winterhur, CH-8408, Switzerland) assesses weight bearing of two limbs at the time.
The proposed algorithm is implemented in our gait monitoring and analysis platform developed on a VMware cluster.
MM is experienced in force platform gait analysis in canine and feline naturally-occurring and canine experimentally induced osteoarthritis.
Furthermore, the data did not support placebo (or nocebo) effects in dogs with hip OA upon force platform gait analysis.
Facial expression of pain and kinematic and force platform gait analysis have been used in mice and in horses and dogs, respectively [ 54- 56].
We would like to express our disagreement with a sole representation of force platform gait analysis data as change in percentage relative to the initial condition.
However, the poor ES reported for each of the tested therapeutics as well as the extremely large sample size needed (>450) to discern efficacy of force platform gait analysis, should be considered with scepticism.
In addition, small effect size for each of the tested therapeutics as well as the extremely large sample size needed (>450) to discern therapeutic efficacy using force platform gait analysis were reported.
The study confirmed that the kinetic force platform gait analysis is a useful outcome because of the relative ease of data acquisition and technical validity [ 21, 22, 24, 25, 29- 31].
Some authors [ 20, 21] reported that force platform gait analysis at trot was much more sensitive than at walk for low-grade hind limb lameness, but not for severe lameness.
Voss et al. [ 16] and Evans et al. [ 17] reported that force platform gait analysis at trot was much more sensitive than at walk for low-grade hindlimb lameness, but not for severe lameness.
