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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Vet J. 2016 Jan 19;210:61–67. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2016.01.013

Table 4.

Mean (cm) and coefficient of variance of base of support (cm) for the thoracic (TL) and pelvic (PL) limbs in dogs with thoracolumbar spinal cord injury due to acute intervertebral disc extrusion at day 3, 10 and 30 following decompressive surgery (n=27 dogs, 28 episodes of SCI).

Doga Base of support TL Base of support PL
Day3 Day 10 Day 30 Day 3 Day 10 Day 30
Mean COV Mean COV Mean COV Mean COV Mean COV Mean COV
1 3.95 0.57 4.48 0.73 4.02 0.73 9.12 0.44 10.74 0.40 11.27 0.31
2 6.60 0.40 5.67 0.43 5.74 0.31 7.10 0.40 6.38 0.35 8.06 0.36
3 7.06 0.29 6.59 0.30 5.91 0.28 4.18 0.40 5.70 0.31 6.46 0.31
4 7.34 0.32 7.43 0.26 8.71 0.31 7.23 0.89 5.81 0.28 6.53 0.31
5 10.30 0.19 10.30 0.17 10.12 0.15 10.36 0.24 10.12 0.17 10.58 0.23
6 12.05 0.15 9.99 0.48 10.02 0.33 11.75 0.32 16.74 0.35 15.95 0.13
7 10.07 0.43 8.01 0.40 6.56 0.48 4.89 0.77 4.98 0.58 5.79 0.51
8 9.58 0.38 8.37 0.31 10.15 0.33 10.64 0.27 10.95 0.24 8.76 0.36
9 9.00 0.35 6.99 0.26 7.17 0.34 6.71 0.49 6.20 0.31 7.52 0.30
10 11.24 0.39 14.46 0.36 11.15 0.36 12.31 0.46 14.23 0.28 13.31 0.28
11 9.26 0.43 6.20 0.55 6.67 0.34 6.17 0.65 5.21 0.45 5.19 0.71
12 6.73 0.58 4.52 0.61 5.91 0.46 8.51 0.41 7.64 0.36 3.79 0.49
13 6.16 0.36 6.14 0.27 6.09 0.37 3.68 0.63 6.15 0.48 6.69 0.33
14 9.33 0.43 11.26 0.30 6.86 0.84 9.74 0.31
15 5.54 0.47 6.33 0.33 4.65 0.66 2.44 0.65
16 8.93 0.54 8.81 0.52 8.31 0.72 8.21 0.44
17 6.18 0.42 4.80 0.54 4.52 0.50 5.87 0.27
18 5.02 0.43 6.28 0.45 8.46 0.44 8.05 0.45
19 7.53 0.73 5.60 0.53 7.62 0.77 7.22 0.38
20 8.08 0.27 7.18 0.28 7.60 0.35 7.23 0.29
21 10.06 0.28 8.85 0.35 3.85 0.84 6.64 0.32
22 6.86 0.32 2.05 1.05
23 6.49 0.33 6.88 0.45
24 9.45 0.23 9.86 0.22
25 5.09 0.46 6.42 0.49
26 12.49 0.28 12.31 0.24
27 12.24 0.32 10.10 0.71
28 10.66 0.30 12.29 0.53
Mean 8.41 0.37 7.61 0.41 7.88 0.37 7.90 0.49 7.75 0.46 8.04 0.41
a

Missing values represent dogs unable to walk unsupported in the pelvic limbs at time of testing.