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Physiological State of Therapy Dogs during Animal-Assisted Activities in an Outpatient Setting.
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Between Paws and Affections: Impact of Dog Assisted Therapy on Pain, Emotional Symptoms, and Functioning in Fibromyalgia
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18 citing papers in PubMed.
- Guidance for protocol content and reporting of dog-assisted interventions in randomised controlled trials: explanation and elaboration of the SPIRIT 2025 and CONSORT 2025 extensions.BMC medical research methodology · 2026Article
- Establishing Behavioural Thresholds for Dogs in Animal-Assisted Services: Expert-Derived Thresholds and Field Study Comparison.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- A Pre-Screening Tool to Assess Dog Suitability for Animal-Assisted Interventions: Preliminary Results for Dog-Suitability Tests (Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Take a Look Towards the Stress Response of Working Dogs: Cortisol and Lactate Trend Mismatches During Training.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review on Salivary Oxytocin and Vasopressin Measurement in the Dog.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Behavioral and Physiological Responses of Therapy Dogs to Animal-Assisted Treatment in an Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Program.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Witnessing Self-Affirming Moments in Persons with Dementia While Interacting with Therapy Dogs: A Case Report.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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- Defining Terms Used for Animals Working in Support Roles for People with Support Needs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Molecular Biomarkers of Adult Human and Dog Stress during Canine-Assisted Interventions: A Systematic Scoping Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Canine-Assisted Interventions and the Relevance of Welfare Assessments for Human Health, and Transmission of Zoonosis: A Literature Review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
- The Importance of Evaluating Positive Welfare Characteristics and Temperament in Working Therapy Dogs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
- Therapy Dog Welfare Revisited: A Review of the Literature.Veterinary sciences · 2021Review
- Effects of Dog-Assisted Therapy in Adolescents with Eating Disorders: A Study Protocol for a Pilot Controlled Trial.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Effects of Dog-Assisted Education on Physical and Communicative Skills in Children with Severe and Multiple Disabilities: A Pilot Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Do Service Dogs for Veterans with PTSD Mount a Cortisol Response in Response to Training?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Considering the "Dog" in Dog-Human Interaction.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Therapy Dogs' and Handlers' Behavior and Salivary Cortisol During Initial Visits in a Complex Medical Institution: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
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Abstract
Therapy dogs are increasingly being incorporated into numerous clinical settings. However, there are only a handful of studies that have focused on the impact of animal-assisted activity or therapy sessions on the wellbeing of the therapy dogs. Furthermore, these studies show mixed results. The goal of this study was to provide an in-depth picture of the effects of these interactions on the dogs involved by considering multiple physiological measures known to be associated with emotional state (continuous heart rate, heart rate variability, pre- and post-session tympanic membrane temperatures, and salivary cortisol and oxytocin concentrations). Nineteen Mayo Clinic Caring Canine therapy dogs completed five 20-minute animal-assisted activity (AAA) visits each in an outpatient clinical setting (Mayo Clinic Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Clinic). From a physiological perspective, the dogs showed a neutral to positive response to the AAA sessions. Heart rate (HR) was significantly lower at the end of the session compared with the beginning of the session (F = 17.26, df1 = 1, df2 = 29.7,
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