biostudies-literatureUnknown36(5)Rosen S<h4>Background</h4>Despite its importance, there is no agreed definition of recovery of ambulation in dogs with spinal cord injury.<h4>Objectives</h4>To validate a new walking test in dogs recovering from thoracolumbar spinal cord injury.<h4>Animals</h4>Two hundred twenty-four dogs weighing <20 kg: 120 normally ambulatory dogs, plus 104 dogs undergoing decompressive surgery for acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation.<h4>Methods</h4>Prospective cohort studies. The distance each freely-ambulatory dog walked during 50 step cycles was regressed on ulna length. For each postsurgical dog, we recorded when the calculated 50-step distance was completed without falling, or their inability to complete this distance by 4 months or more after surgery. Bayesian analysis compared outcomes foJournal of veterinary internal medicine1733-1741https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9511074biostudies-literatureA 50-step walking test for analysis of recovery after decompressive surgery for thoracolumbar disc herniation in dogs.PMC9511074Schocke CJeffery NGrzegorzewski JLHeath SRosen SfalseA 50-step walking test for analysis of recovery after decompressive surgery for thoracolumbar disc herniation in dogs.<h4>Background</h4>Despite its importance, there is no agreed definition of recovery of ambulation in dogs with spinal cord injury.<h4>Objectives</h4>To validate a new walking test in dogs recovering from thoracolumbar spinal cord injury.<h4>Animals</h4>Two hundred twenty-four dogs weighing <20 kg: 120 normally ambulatory dogs, plus 104 dogs undergoing decompressive surgery for acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation.<h4>Methods</h4>Prospective cohort studies. The distance each freely-ambulatory dog walked during 50 step cycles was regressed on ulna length. For each postsurgical dog, we recorded when the calculated 50-step distance was completed without falling, or their inability to complete this distance by 4 months or more after surgery. Bayesian analysis compared outcomes fo2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Sep2026-07-14T15:51:20.558Z2025-04-04T12:04:52.228ZS-EPMC95110743616138110.1111/jvim.16516