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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Vet Res. 2019 Jul;80(7):670–679. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.80.7.670

Table 1—

Correlation between investigator-obtained morphological measurements and measured speed for 57 dogs in a study to develop a low-technology system that minimally trained dog owners can use to obtain these measurements in companion dogs.

Morphological measurement (cm) On-leash trial with owner On-leash trial with investigator Off-leash trial Stair trial 1*
R2 P value R2 P value R2 P value R2 P value
Height 0.33 < 0.001 0.08 0.02 0.04 0.085 0.03 0.11
Forelimb length 0.31 < 0.001 0.08 0.02 0.04 0.08 0.03 0.10
Torso length 0.23 < 0.001 0.01 0.22 0.001 0.34 0.01 0.61
Right thigh circumference 0.28 < 0.001 0.03 0.11 0.04 0.07 0.01 0.25
Left thigh circumference 0.23 < 0.001 0.03 0.12 0.03 0.12 < 0.001 0.32
*

Stair trial 1 was conducted in the clinic on the same set of stairs for each dog; 3 of 57 (5%) dogs did not complete stair trial 1. A separate home stair trial (trial 2) was conducted by owners 2 weeks after the clinic visit (results not included).