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The experience of acquiring an assistance dog: examination of the transition process for first-time handlers

Disability and Rehabilitation, 2019
Purpose As the popularity of using dogs to assist individuals with disability grows, there is a need for increased understanding of assistance dog handlers’ experiences of living and working with their dog.
Jennifer Gravrok, Dan Bendrups, T. Howell, Pauleen C. Bennett   +3 more
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Effects of a trained mobility assistance dog on upper extremity muscular effort during wheelchair propulsion on tiled and carpeted floors in individuals with a spinal cord injury.

Clinical Biomechanics, 2019
BACKGROUND Many manual wheelchair users with a spinal cord injury are at risk of developing secondary upper extremity musculoskeletal impairments. The use of a mobility assistance dog may represent a way to mitigate this risk.
Valérie Martin-Lemoyne, C. Vincent, G. El Hajj Boutros, F. Routhier, D. Gagnon   +4 more
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Assisted therapy with dogs in cancer services

Nursing Children and Young People, 2017
Background [Figure: see text] Healthcare professionals are keen to find alternative therapies to reduce the stress of hospital admissions, especially in the treatment of cancer. Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) involves using animals to help improve patients' health and well-being, and can alleviate stressful situations.
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Laser-Assisted Turbinectomy in Dogs

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
This article discusses the laser-assisted turbinectomy (LATE) procedure and indications for its performance in dogs suffering from brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS). The article summarizes landmark works that reported, for the first time, endoscopic-assisted identification and treatment of structures within the brachycephalic nose that ...
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Assisted therapy with dogs is an effective tool

Nursing Children and Young People, 2017
Cases of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) have been documented as far back as 1869, when Florence Nightingale used it with her patients ( Goddard and Gilmer 2015 ).
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Lessons Learned from Developing a Human-Centered Guide Dog Robot for Mobility Assistance

arXiv.org
While guide dogs offer essential mobility assistance, their high cost, limited availability, and care requirements make them inaccessible to most blind or low vision (BLV) individuals.
Hochul Hwang, Ken Suzuki, Nicholas A. Giudice, Joydeep Biswas, S. I. Lee, Donghyun Kim   +5 more
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Guiding principles: Effect of a science-based staff training program on knowledge and application of assistance dog training techniques

Journal of veterinary behavior, 2023
E. Harvey, M. Chase-Topping, V. A. Bowell, Dorothy D Heffernan, Ray Moxon   +4 more
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[Assistance Dogs for epileptics].

Revue de l'infirmiere, 2018
Three dogs trained to detect seizures, to warn their master, to alert those around him and to assist in the return to consciousness, were given to recipients with epilepsy. This is part of the Handi'Chiens initiative, a first in France.
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DAE (Dog Assisted Education)

The Diabetes Educator, 1984
B, Sterrett, M A, Lewis
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Assistance Dogs

2022
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