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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

Physical Activity Monitors in Companion Animal Chronic Pain Research-A Review Focused on Osteoarthritis Pain.

Connor Thonen-Fleck, Kate P Sharon, Masataka Enomoto, Max LeBouef, David L Roberts, Margaret E Gruen, B Duncan X Lascelles

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Connor Thonen-FleckTranslational Research in Pain, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-0027-0439
Kate P SharonElanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN 46140, USA.
Masataka EnomotoTranslational Research in Pain, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2516-635X
Max LeBouefTranslational Research in Pain, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
David L RobertsDepartment of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7872-4840
Margaret E GruenComparative Behavioral Research and Thinking Pets Program, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
B Duncan X LascellesTranslational Research in Pain, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2950-9009

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accelerometry-based physical activity monitors (PAMs) are a useful tool to collect objective measurements of physical activity and movement. Recently, there has been an increased utilization of PAMs in companion animal chronic pain research. However, a general lack of understanding of PAMs contributes to challenges and misconceptions around the interpretation and utility of these data. Commercially available devices differ in how they acquire, process, report, and, in some cases, interpret data. Furthermore, various factors relating to the subject, such as age, body condition, and species, clearly influence PAM data, and on top of this, understanding the biological meaning of PAM data is in its relative infancy. This review examines the principles of PAM technology and the technical and biological considerations when applying PAMs to companion animal chronic pain research, in particular osteoarthritis pain research. It also provides an overview of applications of these devices in veterinary chronic pain research thus far, and the potential of these devices in future studies.

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PMID40723489
PMCPMC12291673

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