Table 2.
Mean (cm) and coefficient of variance (COV) of stride lengths for each limb in dogs with thoracolumbar spinal cord injury (SCI) due to acute intervertebral disc extrusion at day 3, 10 and 30 following decompressive surgery (n=27 dogs, 28 episodes of SCI)
| Doga | Stride length LTL | Stride length RTL | Stride length LPL | Stride length RPL | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 3 | Day 10 | Day 30 | Day 3 | Day 10 | Day 30 | Day 3 | Day 10 | Day 30 | Day 3 | Day 10 | Day 30 | |||||||||||||
| Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | Mean | COV | |
| 1 | 36.09 | 0.11 | 36.23 | 0.16 | 36.17 | 0.13 | 35.94 | 0.11 | 37.31 | 0.16 | 37.93 | 0.14 | 35.43 | 0.14 | 38.28 | 0.12 | 40.67 | 0.09 | 36.76 | 0.15 | 38.38 | 0.13 | 39.51 | 0.16 |
| 2 | 34.8 | 0.2 | 45.72 | 0.08 | 42.5 | 0.08 | 34.48 | 0.19 | 45.2 | 0.09 | 42.22 | 0.07 | 34.4 | 0.2 | 45.03 | 0.1 | 41.17 | 0.09 | 34.09 | 0.22 | 44.08 | 0.13 | 41 | 0.1 |
| 3 | 27.05 | 0.18 | 32.43 | 0.18 | 30.87 | 0.15 | 26.82 | 0.17 | 32.43 | 0.18 | 31.1 | 0.14 | 26.38 | 0.16 | 32.98 | 0.19 | 30.74 | 0.15 | 26.84 | 0.15 | 32.68 | 0.19 | 30.59 | 0.16 |
| 4 | 17.79 | 0.23 | 34.92 | 0.09 | 33.4 | 0.06 | 18.43 | 0.22 | 35.22 | 0.09 | 33.32 | 0.08 | 27.69 | 0.39 | 35.47 | 0.07 | 32.86 | 0.11 | 18.58 | 0.19 | 35.12 | 0.07 | 33.13 | 0.08 |
| 5 | 34.56 | 0.2 | 44.57 | 0.05 | 38.58 | 0.07 | 35.29 | 0.17 | 45.04 | 0.05 | 38.5 | 0.07 | 34.91 | 0.18 | 44.93 | 0.05 | 38.39 | 0.05 | 35.75 | 0.15 | 44.47 | 0.07 | 37.92 | 0.06 |
| 6 | 46.9 | 0.07 | 41.8 | 0.14 | 47.36 | 0.14 | 45.86 | 0.06 | 42.36 | 0.15 | 47.58 | 0.14 | 47.27 | 0.06 | 41.16 | 0.14 | 48.18 | 0.14 | 45.27 | 0.04 | 41.83 | 0.18 | 46.45 | 0.14 |
| 7 | 41.98 | 0.16 | 45.42 | 0.12 | 51.02 | 0.09 | 40.91 | 0.19 | 44.49 | 0.13 | 51.48 | 0.08 | 44.59 | 0.15 | 45.44 | 0.13 | 51.02 | 0.06 | 42.41 | 0.2 | 45.11 | 0.15 | 51.55 | 0.04 |
| 8 | 41.7 | 0.19 | 39.02 | 0.12 | 38.64 | 0.15 | 40.44 | 0.15 | 39.57 | 0.13 | 39.53 | 0.15 | 41.08 | 0.08 | 45.43 | 0.08 | 48.2 | 0.1 | 42 | 0.07 | 46.49 | 0.08 | 47.47 | 0.11 |
| 9 | 14.58 | 0.37 | 22.4 | 0.17 | 24.96 | 0.29 | 15.94 | 0.27 | 22.38 | 0.16 | 25.23 | 0.27 | 19.42 | 0.15 | 23.06 | 0.15 | 27.11 | 0.17 | 17.34 | 0.25 | 22.38 | 0.17 | 25.12 | 0.27 |
| 10 | 24.44 | 0.4 | 23.64 | 0.47 | 32.92 | 0.31 | 29.49 | 0.24 | 30.69 | 0.25 | 37.3 | 0.25 | 28.16 | 0.24 | 29 | 0.3 | 35.94 | 0.23 | 29.61 | 0.23 | 31.49 | 0.23 | 37.29 | 0.24 |
| 11 | 22.36 | 0.27 | 35.42 | 0.07 | 36.6 | 0.09 | 22.43 | 0.25 | 35.83 | 0.05 | 37.09 | 0.07 | 23.1 | 0.22 | 35.57 | 0.08 | 35.68 | 0.17 | 23.35 | 0.25 | 35.61 | 0.09 | 34.17 | 0.24 |
| 12 | 27.88 | 0.22 | 29.41 | 0.13 | 37.58 | 0.16 | 29.08 | 0.18 | 29.54 | 0.11 | 36.74 | 0.16 | 29.91 | 0.16 | 29.65 | 0.12 | 36.01 | 0.13 | 30.28 | 0.16 | 29.81 | 0.12 | 35.8 | 0.16 |
| 13 | 24.65 | 0.28 | 25.77 | 0.2 | 35.33 | 0.15 | 23.85 | 0.32 | 26.16 | 0.21 | 35.58 | 0.15 | 25.81 | 0.22 | 26.11 | 0.19 | 36.36 | 0.13 | 26.69 | 0.21 | 26.32 | 0.16 | 36.29 | 0.12 |
| 14 | 49.41 | 0.1 | 51.22 | 0.07 | 50.24 | 0.08 | 50.44 | 0.1 | 59.14 | 0.15 | 51.72 | 0.06 | 58.41 | 0.12 | 52.23 | 0.07 | ||||||||
| 15 | 21.86 | 0.17 | 26.21 | 0.17 | 22.14 | 0.2 | 27.14 | 0.14 | 24.54 | 0.28 | 34.14 | 0.21 | 27.71 | 0.39 | 31.91 | 0.16 | ||||||||
| 16 | 43.94 | 0.19 | 52.42 | 0.08 | 45.5 | 0.15 | 50.51 | 0.15 | 42.91 | 0.22 | 51.26 | 0.12 | 42.9 | 0.2 | 53.43 | 0.12 | ||||||||
| 17 | 34.02 | 0.15 | 36.52 | 0.18 | 34.2 | 0.13 | 37.11 | 0.16 | 35.41 | 0.27 | 35.23 | 0.17 | 33.95 | 0.12 | 36.11 | 0.16 | ||||||||
| 18 | 21.51 | 0.3 | 22.03 | 0.34 | 20.91 | 0.29 | 21.13 | 0.35 | 27.76 | 0.2 | 24.51 | 0.25 | 24.89 | 0.17 | 23.77 | 0.24 | ||||||||
| 19 | 19.54 | 0.25 | 27.02 | 0.13 | 19.92 | 0.23 | 27.7 | 0.11 | 24.91 | 0.39 | 30.04 | 0.24 | 26.31 | 0.23 | 28.57 | 0.23 | ||||||||
| 20 | 25.77 | 0.14 | 33.13 | 0.08 | 24.95 | 0.17 | 34 | 0.08 | 25.97 | 0.13 | 33.62 | 0.1 | 30.47 | 0.4 | 35.21 | 0.12 | ||||||||
| 21 | 39.35 | 0.09 | 43.63 | 0.12 | 39.72 | 0.07 | 43.35 | 0.13 | 44.33 | 0.12 | 45.21 | 0.07 | 42.84 | 0.12 | 44.99 | 0.07 | ||||||||
| 22 | 38.91 | 0.13 | 38.65 | 0.16 | 40.44 | 0.11 | 40.51 | 0.07 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 22.19 | 0.21 | 23.49 | 0.19 | 28.71 | 0.18 | 30.39 | 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 29.13 | 0.12 | 29.58 | 0.13 | 30.59 | 0.11 | 30.99 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 22.8 | 0.17 | 22.95 | 0.17 | 33.39 | 0.11 | 31.62 | 0.19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | 25.07 | 0.21 | 25.07 | 0.2 | 27.1 | 0.21 | 28.52 | 0.16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 34.09 | 0.21 | 33.56 | 0.25 | 44.41 | 0.36 | 47.75 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 23.49 | 0.21 | 24.22 | 0.14 | 37.85 | 0.24 | 32.65 | 0.24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mean | 30.37 | 0.22 | 33.91 | 0.16 | 34.78 | 0.15 | 30.69 | 0.20 | 34.47 | 0.15 | 35.09 | 0.15 | 32.17 | 0.18 | 36.05 | 0.17 | 37.52 | 0.15 | 31.46 | 0.18 | 36.25 | 0.17 | 37.32 | 0.16 |
LTL, left thoracic limb; RTL, right thoracic limb; LPL, left pelvic limb; RPL, right pelvic limb
Missing values represent dogs unable to walk unsupported in the pelvic limbs at time of testing