Intraobserver and interobserver agreement of 8 segmental reflexes in healthy dogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No available literature supports the claim that the patellar and withdrawal (flexor) reflexes are the only reliable segmental reflexes in dogs.

Objective

Measure intra- and interobserver agreement of 8 segmental reflexes in dogs without clinical evidence of orthopedic or neurologic disease.

Animals

One-hundred and one client- or staff-owned dogs between 1 and 10 years of age with no clinical evidence of orthopedic disease, myelopathy, or neuromuscular disease.

Methods

Descriptive study. The intraobserver proportion of agreement (%) of responses to selected segmental reflexes in right versus left limbs by 3 observers was calculated and reported. The interobserver agreement of 2 observers of responses to selected reflexes was estimated by calculating p

SUBMITTER: Chiang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10937510 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature