The loading characteristics of landing in cats with different body weights
Nowadays, quadrupedal locomotion information is well established for dogs, horses, and pigs, and kinetic systems have been widely used for sensitive and reliable gait analysis. However, few studies have investigated cat locomotion and the data available are confusing and restricted, especially in re...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2019-11-01
|
| Series: | Veterinární Medicína |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-201911-0005_the-loading-characteristics-of-landing-in-cats-with-different-body-weights.php |
| _version_ | 1797897458915737600 |
|---|---|
| author | Yang Song Meizi Wang Julien Steven Baker Yaodong Gu |
| author_facet | Yang Song Meizi Wang Julien Steven Baker Yaodong Gu |
| author_sort | Yang Song |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Nowadays, quadrupedal locomotion information is well established for dogs, horses, and pigs, and kinetic systems have been widely used for sensitive and reliable gait analysis. However, few studies have investigated cat locomotion and the data available are confusing and restricted, especially in relation to jumping. In addition, it has been suggested that several factors, including the influence of the body weight (BW), may be associated with the collection of the kinetic data measurements in dogs. This raises the question of whether the BW would influence the kinetic data measurements in cats. Therefore, this study was aimed at comparing the kinetic parameters of the landing during the jumping in cats with different BWs and to determine the associations between the BW and the kinetic parameters. Twelve client-owned cats were sub-divided into two groups based on the BW and were categorised as a thin group and a heavy group. Each cat was encouraged to jump from a table (1.0 m) onto a force plate several times. The trials were considered to be valid if the cat jumped normally onto the plate and then continued to walk forward. The kinetic parameters including the peak vertical force (PVF) and the vertical impulse (VI) were obtained for each limb. In addition, correlations between the PVF, VI, and BW and the symmetry index (SI) of the forelimbs and hindlimbs were also determined. Most of the kinetic parameters of the thin cats were significantly smaller than the heavy cats during the landing and these values increased as the BW increased, while the normalised PVF and VI of the forelimbs were significantly smaller in the heavy cats than in the thin cats. In addition, for both groups, the non-normalised or normalised PVF and VI were significantly larger in the forelimbs than the hindlimbs, and the SI of the PVF was significantly smaller at the forelimbs than in the hindlimbs. In conclusion, the results of this study showed substantial similarities and differences during the landing between thin and heavy cats. These findings should provide more reference data for the biomechanical motion analysis related to jumping in clinically intact cats. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-10T07:58:50Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-a70cb7b414e44770ac17688a52b77bad |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 0375-8427 1805-9392 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-10T07:58:50Z |
| publishDate | 2019-11-01 |
| publisher | Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Veterinární Medicína |
| spelling | doaj.art-a70cb7b414e44770ac17688a52b77bad2023-02-23T03:50:53ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesVeterinární Medicína0375-84271805-93922019-11-01641149750410.17221/13/2019-VETMEDvet-201911-0005The loading characteristics of landing in cats with different body weightsYang Song0Meizi Wang1Julien Steven Baker2Yaodong Gu3Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ChinaFaculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ChinaFaculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, ChinaFaculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ChinaNowadays, quadrupedal locomotion information is well established for dogs, horses, and pigs, and kinetic systems have been widely used for sensitive and reliable gait analysis. However, few studies have investigated cat locomotion and the data available are confusing and restricted, especially in relation to jumping. In addition, it has been suggested that several factors, including the influence of the body weight (BW), may be associated with the collection of the kinetic data measurements in dogs. This raises the question of whether the BW would influence the kinetic data measurements in cats. Therefore, this study was aimed at comparing the kinetic parameters of the landing during the jumping in cats with different BWs and to determine the associations between the BW and the kinetic parameters. Twelve client-owned cats were sub-divided into two groups based on the BW and were categorised as a thin group and a heavy group. Each cat was encouraged to jump from a table (1.0 m) onto a force plate several times. The trials were considered to be valid if the cat jumped normally onto the plate and then continued to walk forward. The kinetic parameters including the peak vertical force (PVF) and the vertical impulse (VI) were obtained for each limb. In addition, correlations between the PVF, VI, and BW and the symmetry index (SI) of the forelimbs and hindlimbs were also determined. Most of the kinetic parameters of the thin cats were significantly smaller than the heavy cats during the landing and these values increased as the BW increased, while the normalised PVF and VI of the forelimbs were significantly smaller in the heavy cats than in the thin cats. In addition, for both groups, the non-normalised or normalised PVF and VI were significantly larger in the forelimbs than the hindlimbs, and the SI of the PVF was significantly smaller at the forelimbs than in the hindlimbs. In conclusion, the results of this study showed substantial similarities and differences during the landing between thin and heavy cats. These findings should provide more reference data for the biomechanical motion analysis related to jumping in clinically intact cats.https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-201911-0005_the-loading-characteristics-of-landing-in-cats-with-different-body-weights.phpbiomechanicsmotion analysiskinetic dataforelimbshindlimbspeak vertical forcevertical impulsesymmetry index |
| spellingShingle | Yang Song Meizi Wang Julien Steven Baker Yaodong Gu The loading characteristics of landing in cats with different body weights Veterinární Medicína biomechanics motion analysis kinetic data forelimbs hindlimbs peak vertical force vertical impulse symmetry index |
| title | The loading characteristics of landing in cats with different body weights |
| title_full | The loading characteristics of landing in cats with different body weights |
| title_fullStr | The loading characteristics of landing in cats with different body weights |
| title_full_unstemmed | The loading characteristics of landing in cats with different body weights |
| title_short | The loading characteristics of landing in cats with different body weights |
| title_sort | loading characteristics of landing in cats with different body weights |
| topic | biomechanics motion analysis kinetic data forelimbs hindlimbs peak vertical force vertical impulse symmetry index |
| url | https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-201911-0005_the-loading-characteristics-of-landing-in-cats-with-different-body-weights.php |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT yangsong theloadingcharacteristicsoflandingincatswithdifferentbodyweights AT meiziwang theloadingcharacteristicsoflandingincatswithdifferentbodyweights AT julienstevenbaker theloadingcharacteristicsoflandingincatswithdifferentbodyweights AT yaodonggu theloadingcharacteristicsoflandingincatswithdifferentbodyweights AT yangsong loadingcharacteristicsoflandingincatswithdifferentbodyweights AT meiziwang loadingcharacteristicsoflandingincatswithdifferentbodyweights AT julienstevenbaker loadingcharacteristicsoflandingincatswithdifferentbodyweights AT yaodonggu loadingcharacteristicsoflandingincatswithdifferentbodyweights |