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Table 2 Intra-rater reliability for individual tasks and sum score of the testing battery

From: Development of the Finnish neurological function testing battery for dogs and its intra- and inter-rater reliability

Task

Intra-rater correlation observer 1 (95% CI)

Intra-rater correlation observer 2 (95% CI)

Lying

0.943 (0.873–0.974)

1.000

Standing up from lying

0.957 (0.904–0.981)

0.979 (0.952–0.991)

Sitting

0.668 (0.224–0.855)

0.464 (− 089 to 0.748)

Standing up from sitting

0.938 (0.861–0.972)

0.917 (0.770–0.966)

Standing

0.976 (0.946–0.989)

0.933 (0.844–0.971)

Proprioceptive positioning

0.988 (0.974–0.995)

0.961 (0.915–0.983)

Start to walk from standing

0.986 (0.970–0.994

0.986 (0.970–0.994)

Walking

0.989 (0.975–0.995)

0.990 (0.977–0.995)

Running

0.984 (0.966–0.993)

0.994 (0.987–0.997)

Walking turns

0.983 (0.961–0.993)

0.978 (0.952–0.990)

Walking stairs

0.976 (0.948–0.989)

0.984 (0.964–0.993)

Total score

0.996 (0.991–0.998)

0.994 (0.981–0.998)

  1. The intra-class correlation coefficient and confidence intervals for the two experienced observers (observer 1 and observer 2). Data are shown for each individual task and for the FINFUN total score