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Table 2 Peak vertical force (PVF) [% body weight (BW)] and vertical impulse (VI) (%BW*sec) for hindlimbs in cats with previous cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) injury and sound cats

From: Do cats with a cranial cruciate ligament injury and osteoarthritis demonstrate a different gait pattern and behaviour compared to sound cats?

Variable

Cats with CCL n = 10 (mean ± SD)

Sound cats n = 15 (mean ± SD)

P value

Peak vertical force (%BW)

22.4 ± 2.4

27.1 ± 3.6

0.0006

Vertical impulse (%BW*sec)

8.1 ± 1.7

8.2 ± 1.5

0.81

  1. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD)
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147