ArticleVeterinary journal (London, England : 1997)2016
A simplified method of walking track analysis to assess short-term locomotor recovery after acute spinal cord injury caused by thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion in dogs.
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- Establishing Operational Descriptive Definitions for Neurologic Abnormalities Identified During Gaiting in Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Long-term changes of Th17 and regulatory T cells in peripheral blood of dogs with spinal cord injury after intervertebral disc herniation.BMC veterinary research · 2023Article
- Quantification of spinal ataxia in dogs with thoracolumbar spinal cord injury.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Static Body Weight Distribution and Girth Measurements Over Time in Dogs After Acute Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disc Extrusion.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Development of a simple method to measure static body weight distribution in neurologically and orthopedically normal mature small breed dogs.BMC veterinary research · 2021Article
- Ambulation in Dogs With Absent Pain Perception After Acute Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Review
- Development of a Novel Gait Analysis Tool Measuring Center of Pressure for Evaluation of Canine Chronic Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of neurotrauma · 2019Article
- Development of the Finnish neurological function testing battery for dogs and its intra- and inter-rater reliability.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2018Article
- Comparison of Preoperative Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Clinical Assessment of Deep Pain Perception as Prognostic Tools for Early Recovery of Motor Function in Paraplegic Dogs with Intervertebral Disk Herniations.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2017Observational
- Adaptation of the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan locomotor rating scale for use in a clinical model of spinal cord injury in dogs.Journal of neuroscience methods · 2016Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a simplified method of walking track analysis to assess treatment outcome in canine spinal cord injury. Measurements of stride length (SL) and base of support (BS) were made using a 'finger painting' technique for footprint analysis in all limbs of 20 normal dogs and 27 dogs with 28 episodes of acute thoracolumbar spinal cord injury (SCI) caused by spontaneous intervertebral disc extrusion. Measurements were determined at three separate time points in normal dogs and on days 3, 10 and 30 following decompressive surgery in dogs with SCI. Values for SL, BS and coefficient of variance (COV) for each parameter were compared between groups at each time point. Mean SL was significantly shorter in all four limbs of SCI-affected dogs at days 3, 10, and 30 compared to normal dogs. SL gradually increased toward normal in the 30 days following surgery. As measured by this technique, the COV-SL was significantly higher in SCI-affected dogs than normal dogs in both thoracic limbs (TL) and pelvic limbs (PL) only at day 3 after surgery. BS-TL was significantly wider in SCI-affected dogs at days 3, 10 and 30 following surgery compared to normal dogs. These findings support the use of footprint parameters to compare locomotor differences between normal and SCI-affected dogs, and to assess recovery from SCI. Additionally, our results underscore important changes in TL locomotion in thoracolumbar SCI-affected dogs.
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