Paw pressure and gait in middle-aged client-owned cats with and without naturally-occurring musculoskeletal disease.

Musculoskeletal disease (MSD) is common in ageing cats, resulting in chronic pain and mobility impairment, but diagnosis can be challenging. We hypothesised that there would be differences between cats with and without MSD in paw pressure and spatiotemporal and kinetic gait metrics. A cohort of 53 c...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Nathalie Dowgray, Eithne Comerford, Alexander J German, James Gardiner, Gina Pinchbeck, Karl T Bates
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314629

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