Bowen, JonathanFatjó, JaumeSerpell, James A.Bulbena-Cabré, AndreaLeighton, EldinBulbena Vilarrasa, Antonio2020-04-162020-04-162019Bowen J, Fatjó J, Serpell JA, Bulbena-Cabré A, Leighton E, Bulbena A. First evidence for an association between joint hypermobility and excitability in a non-human species, the domestic dog. Sci Rep. 2019 Jun 13; 9(1): 8629. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45096-02045-2322http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44229There is a well-established relationship between joint hypermobility and anxiety in humans, that has not previously been investigated in other species. A population of 5575 assistance dogs were scored for both hip hypermobility and 13 behaviour characteristics using previously validated methods. Our results suggest a positive association between hip joint hypermobility and emotional arousal in domestic dogs, which parallel results found in people.application/pdfeng© The Author(s) 2019. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.Gossos -- Cria i desenvolupamentGossos -- Ús terapèuticinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45096-0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess