Table 3.
Physiotherapeutic evaluation methods in rank order and the sensitivity of each method
| Ranking order | Test | Orthopaedic examination | Conclusive assessment | Stifle radiographs | Stifle/hip radiographs | PVF | IMP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
8. Evaluation of atrophy |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
| |
|
80.50% |
81.60% |
82.10% |
82.10% |
80.00% |
87.50% |
| 2 |
3. Sitting positon |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| |
|
70.00% |
67.60% |
68.40% |
68.40% |
68.40% |
56.30% |
| 3. |
10. qmSWB |
6 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
| |
|
39.00% |
38.50% |
40.00% |
40.00% |
40.00% |
50.00% |
| 4 |
11. Stifle flexion |
8 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
| |
|
43.90% |
43.60% |
42.50% |
42.50% |
50.00% |
43.80% |
| 5 |
5. Lying position |
3 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
10 |
| |
|
47.50% |
51.40% |
47.40% |
47.40% |
47.40% |
43.80% |
| 6 |
4. Thrust from sitting |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
9 |
| |
|
65.00% |
64.90% |
68.40% |
68.40% |
63.20% |
62.50% |
| 7 |
12. Stifle extension |
4 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
14 |
| |
|
63.40% |
64.10% |
62.50% |
62.50% |
65.00% |
68.80% |
| 8 |
9. meSWB |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
| |
|
65.80% |
65.70% |
66.70% |
66.70% |
64.70% |
85.70% |
| 9 |
6. Thrust from lying |
7 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
13 |
| |
|
62.50% |
62.20% |
60.50% |
60.50% |
57.90% |
62.50% |
| 10 |
7. Stairs |
12 |
11 |
13 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
| |
|
41.70% |
41.70% |
41.70% |
41.70% |
52.60% |
50.00% |
| 11 |
2. Diagonal movement |
11 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
| |
|
30.20% |
27.50% |
29.30% |
29.30% |
15.00% |
23.50% |
| 13 |
14. Tarsus extension |
14 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
7 |
5 |
| |
|
36.60% |
35.90% |
35.00% |
35.00% |
40.00% |
37.50% |
| 12 |
13. Tarsus flexion |
10 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
14 |
12 |
| |
|
43.90% |
43.60% |
42.50% |
42.50% |
50.00% |
43.80% |
| 14 |
1. Visual evaluation of lameness |
13 |
13 |
14 |
14 |
8 |
7 |
| 50.00% | 48.70% | 51.30% | 51.30% | 52.60% | 56.30% |
Rank order is presented in the left column, and the ranking of compared methods is specified for each test in the top row of each ranked test. Sensitivities are presented as percentages; sensitivities did not affect rank order. Abbreviations: manual evaluation of static weight bearing (meSWB), quantitative measurement of static weight bearing (qmSWB), peak vertical force (PVF), and vertical impulse (IMP). The physiotherapeutic evaluation methods are numbered as in Table 1.