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Table 3 Inter-rater reliability for individual tasks and the 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

Inter-rater experienced (n = 2) (95% CI)

Inter-rater novice (n = 5) (95% CI)

Inter-rater all (n = 7) (95% CI)

Lying

0.705 (0.341–0.868)

0.919 (0.857–0.959)

0.932 (0.881–0.966)

Standing up from lying

0.954 (0.896–0.980)

0.970 (0.947–0.985)

0.982 (0.969–0.991)

Sitting

0.758 (0.457–0.892)

0.697 (0.465–0.848)

0.793 (0.646–0.894)

Standing up from sitting

0.911 (0.638–0.968)

0.939 (0.885–0.970)

0.978 (0.962–0.989)

Standing

0.953 (0.881–0.980)

0.966 (0.940–0.983)

0.975 (0.958–0.987)

Proprioceptive positioning

0.988 (0.974–0.995)

0.968 (0.944–0.984)

0.983 (0.971–0.991)

Start to walk from standing

0.973 (0.941–0.988)

0.988 (0.978–0.994)

0.992 (0.985–0.996)

Walking

0.978 (0.951–0.990)

0.975 (0.956–0.987)

0.986 (0.976–0.993)

Running

0.977 (0.950–0.990)

0.962 (0.931–0.981)

0.978 (0.962–0.989)

Walking turns

0.968 (0.910–0.987)

0.967 (0.941–0.983)

0.981 (0.967–0.990)

Walking stairs

0.971 (0.936–0.987)

0.975 (0.956–0.988)

0.984 (0.972–0.992)

Sum score

0.993 (0.984–0.997)

0.993 (0.988–0.997)

0.996 (0.993–0.998)

  1. The intra-class correlation coefficient and confidence intervals for the experienced and novice observers as well as for all observers combined. Data are shown for each individual task and for the FINFUN total score