Table 2.

Description of the groups during the study

	STIF	OTHER	CTRL
Number of dogs at baseline	29	17	11
Number of dogs at six weeks	25	11	10
Number of dogs at 10 weeks	19	11	11
Physiotherapy ended before the end of the study period due to relapse of the disease or complications	1	1	NA
Physiotherapy ended before the end of the study period due to owner decision	6	4	NA
Acute trauma front limb lameness	NA	NA	1
Intertester reliability not tested due to logistical reasons (ie, unavailability of another physiotherapist or physiotherapy aborted before the end of the study period)	7	8	1

CTRL, control dogs with no known musculoskeletal disease; NA, not applicable; OTHER, dogs with some musculoskeletal disease other than stifle dysfunction; STIF, dogs with any stifle dysfunction.