Physiological effects of land and water treadmill exercise in dogs / Efeitos do exercicio em esteira terrestre ou aquatica sobre os parametros fisiologicos de caes
The application of hydrotherapy is growing in the field of animal rehabilitation to improve strength, endurance, fitness, and range of motion, in addition to reducing pain. In the same way, land-based activity is recommended for various conditions, including hypertension, muscle atrophy, and obesity...
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Published in: | Ciência rural Vol. 52; no. 9; p. 1 |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
01-09-2022
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Summary: | The application of hydrotherapy is growing in the field of animal rehabilitation to improve strength, endurance, fitness, and range of motion, in addition to reducing pain. In the same way, land-based activity is recommended for various conditions, including hypertension, muscle atrophy, and obesity. There is a lack of studies that evaluate the safety of incremental exercise in American Pit Bull Terriers. This study assessed the influence of activity on underwater and dry land treadmills on the physiological parameters of dogs. In this regard, 12 adult, male, healthy, and untrained American Pit Bull Terriers were subjected to an incremental exercise test (IET) on the underwater treadmill (Group I) and the dry land treadmill (Group II). Heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), rectal temperature (RT), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and electrocardiographic evaluation, were evaluated before activity (T0), immediately after (T1), 30 min after (T2), and 90 min after the end of exercise (T3), and plasmatic lactate concentrations were measured at T0, T1, and T2 time points. Results obtained were submitted to the Shapiro-Wilk test, ANOVA and Tukey's test, considering P<0.05. Water activity induced a reduction in RR (P=0.00674) in all examinations after the test on the underwater treadmill and proved to be more demanding than activity on the land treadmill, considering the presence of a deeper and slower RR. Exercise sessions in both groups did not elevate the lactate concentration. The IET can be performed safely on an underwater or dry land treadmill in healthy American Pit Bulls. Key words: electrocardiography, physiology, underwater treadmill, animal rehabilitation, incremental exercise test, American Pit Bull Terrier. A hidroterapia apresenta crescente aplicacao no ramo da reabilitacao animal, com o intuito de aumentar a forga, resistencia muscular e amplitude de movimento articular, alem de reduzir a dor e melhorar o condicionamento fisico do paciente. Assim como a hidroterapia, a atividade desenvolvida em solo e indicada para diversas afeccoes, inclusive para pacientes hipertensos, com atrofia muscular ou com sobrepeso. Sao escassos os estudos que avaliam a seguranga de testes incrementais em esteira aquatica e em esteira seca em American Pit Bull Terriers. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar os efeitos da atividade em esteira aquatica e em esteira seca sobre os parametros fisiologicos de caes. Para isto, caes da raga American Pit Bull Terrier (n=12) machos, adultos, sauddveis e nao treinados foram submetidos a teste de esforco incremental (TEI) em hidroesteira com agua (Grupo I) e sem agua (Grupo II). A frequencia cardiaca (FR), frequencia respiratoria (FR), temperatura retal (TR), pressao arterial sistolica (PAS) e avaliacao eletrocardiografica, foram aferidas antes da atividade (T0), imediatamente apos (T1), 30 minutos apos (T2) e 90 minutos apos o exercicio (T3), e a concentracao plasmdtica de lactato foi dosada nos momentos T0, T1 e T2. Os resultados foram submetidos ao teste de Shapiro-Wilk, analise de variancia (ANOVA) e pelo Teste de Tukey considerando significative o valor de P < 0.05. Houve diminuicao da frequencia respiratoria (P = 0,00674) apos a atividade em esteira aquatica, que se mostrou mais exigente que a atividade em esteira terrestre, considerando a apresentacao de padrao respiratoria mais lento e profunda. As sessoes de exercicio em ambos os grupos nao elevaram a concentracao de lactate. O teste de esforco incremental em esteira aquatica, ou em esteira seca, pode ser desenvolvida com seguranga por caes American Pit Bull saudaveis. Palavras-chave: eletrocardiografia, fisiologia, hidroesteira, reabilitacao animal, teste de esforco incremental, American Pit Bull Terrier. |
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ISSN: | 0103-8478 |
DOI: | 10.1590/0103-8478cr20210092 |