Ranking of physiotherapeutic evaluation methods as outcome measures of stifle functionality in dogs

Table 2 Association between physiotherapeutic evaluation methods and standards based on three statistical approaches

	Peak vertical force			Vertical impulse			Orthopaedic examination			Conclusive assessment			Stifle radiographs			Stifle + hip radiographs
	FET	PA	APA	FET	PA	APA	FET	PA	APA	FET	PA	APA	FET	PA	APA	FET	PA	APA
	P- value	(%)	(%)	P- value	(%)	(%)	P- value	(%)	(%)	P- value	(%)	(%)	P- value	(%)	(%)	P- value	(%)	(%)
1. Visual evaluation of lameness	0.607	43	67.5	0.559	48	67.5	0.865	21	86	0.586	15	85	0.92	19	83.3	0.864	26	81
2. Diagonal movement	0.142	33	75	0.378	45	77.5	0.761	21	90.7	0.598	18	90	0.664	21	90.5	1	19	88.1
3. Sitting position	0.858	41	56.8	0.249	35	54.1	0.003*	43	97.5	<.001*	51	100	0.001*	49	94.9	<001*	56	94.9
4. Thrust from sitting	0.386	38	56.8	0.273	41	56.8	0.154	58	92.5	0.041*	60	94.6	0.025*	62	92.3	0.009*	59	89.7
5. Lying positon	0.898	38	64.9	0.322	38	62.2	0.013*	33	100	0.007*	38	100	0.006*	36	94.9	0.011*	36	94.9
6. Thrust from lying	0.407	38	59.5	0.897	41	56.8	0.107	55	92.5	0.032*	60	97.3	0.025*	54	92.3	0.032*	51	89.7
7. Stairs	0.042*	55	81.6	0.031*	55	76.3	0.286	15	89.7	0.39	18	92.1	0.19	16	86.8	0.175	21	86.8
8. Evaluation of atrophy	0.018*	42	52.6	0.004*	47	53.6	0.001*	78	97.6	<.001*	79	97.4	0.001*	75	94.9	0.001*	73	90
9. meSWB	0.002*	49	65.7	0.021*	57	62.9	0.207	55	89.5	0.14	57	91.4	0.176	54	86.5	0.15	51	83.8
10. qmSWB	0.082	51	82.1	0.032*	62	82	0.149	37	97.6	0.111	36	97.4	0.411	37	95.1	0.035*	37	95.1
11. Stifle flexion	0.598	46	71.8	0.811	44	66.7	0.052	22	97.6	0.027	23	97.4	0.004*	27	97.6	0.005*	29	97.6
12. Stifle extension	0.499	33	59	0.891	39	56.4	0.004*	34	92.7	0.003*	33	92.3	0.004*	37	95.1	0.001*	42	95.1
13. Tarsus flexion	0.477	21	56.4	0.166	18	51.3	0.028*	51	80.5	0.02*	54	82.1	0.213	39	92.7	0.144	42	92.7
14. Tarsus extension	0.216	36	71.8	0.242	41	71.8	0.308	12	85.4	0.262	13	84.6	0.093	7.3	92.7	0.032*	12	90.2

Significant associations are indicated with an asterisk (*). Abbreviations: manual evaluation of static weight bearing (meSWB), quantitative measurement of static weight bearing (qmSWB). Fisher’s exact Test (FET), Proportion of agreement (PA) and Adjusted proportion of agreement (APA). The physiotherapeutic evaluation methods are numbered as in Table 1. N = 38–43.

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