A comparison of ground reaction forces during level and cross-slope walking in Labrador Retrievers

Strasser, Therese; Peham, Christian; Bockstahler, Barbara A

doi:10.1186/s12917-014-0241-4

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 Step length and forces with cross-slope walking in dogs

From: A comparison of ground reaction forces during level and cross-slope walking in Labrador Retrievers

				M1	M2	M3
Step length (m)	LW	US	forelimb	0.77 ± 0.05	0.76 ± 0.06	0.75 ± 0.05
		US	hindlimb	0.75 ± 0.05	0.75 ± 0.05	0.75 ± 0.05
		DS	forelimb	0.80 ± 0.07	0.77 ± 0.05^b	0.77 ± 0.04
		DS	hindlimb	0.75 ± 0.05	0.75 ± 0.04	0.75 ± 0.04
	CS1	US	forelimb	0.76 ± 0.07	0.75 ± 0.05	0.74 ± 0.06
		US	hindlimb	0.76 ± 0.05	0.74 ± 0.05	0.74 ± 0.06
		DS	forelimb	0.75 ± 0.05^a	0.75 ± 0.05^a	0.74 ± 0.04^a
		DS	hindlimb	0.75 ± 0.06	0.73 ± 0.05^a	0.73 ± 0.06^a
	CS2	US	forelimb	0.73 ± 0.05^a	0.72 ± 0.05^a	0.72 ± 0.04^a
		US	hindlimb	0.73 ± 0.04	0.74 ± 0.06	0.72 ± 0.05^a
		DS	forelimb	0.73 ± 0.03^a	0.72 ± 0.05^a	0.72 ± 0.05^a
		DS	hindlimb	0.72 ± 0.04	0.73 ± 0.06	0.71 ± 0.06^a
PFz (%TF)	LW	US	forelimb	31.46 ± 1.56	31.78 ± 1.35	31.85 ± 1.08
		US	hindlimb	18.53 ± 1.64	18.28 ± 1.44	18.26 ± 1.37
		DS	forelimb	31.29 ± 1.86	31.67 ± 1.52	31.60 ± 1.26
		DS	hindlimb	18.73 ± 1.75	18.27 ± 1.53	18.30 ± 1.03
	CS1	US	forelimb	31.39 ± 1.04	31.96 ± 1.13	32.40 ± 1.16^{a, b}
		US	hindlimb	17.31 ± 1.45^a	17.24 ± 1.19^a	17.15 ± 1.09^a
		DS	forelimb	32.10 ± 1.41	32.10 ± 1.29	32.33 ± 1.18^a
		DS	hindlimb	19.21 ± 1.35	18.72 ± 1.33	18.12 ± 1.16
	CS2	US	forelimb	31.35 ± 1.40	31.55 ± 1.37	32.22 ± 1.44^b
		US	hindlimb	16.28 ± 1.31^a	16.74 ± 1.40^a	16.47 ± 1.28^a
		DS	forelimb	32.37 ± 1.44	32.26 ± 1.61	32.71 ± 1.18^a
		DS	hindlimb	20.00 ± 1.61	19.46 ± 1.29^a	18.61 ± 1.38^b
IFz (%TF)	LW	US	forelimb	31.58 ± 0.79	31.82 ± 1.45	31.98 ± 1.18
		US	hindlimb	18.16 ± 1.49	18.05 ± 1.11	17.97 ± 1.26
		DS	forelimb	32.06 ± 2.14	32.27 ± 1.46	32.14 ± 1.30
		DS	hindlimb	18.20 ± 1.26	17.85 ± 1.09	17.91 ± 0.82
	CS1	US	forelimb	31.13 ± 1.54	32.18 ± 0.93^b	32.27 ± 1.46
		US	hindlimb	16.76 ± 1.28^a	16.90 ± 1.21^a	16.99 ± 1.25^a
		DS	forelimb	33.67 ± 1.67^a	33.08 ± 1.30^{a, b}	33.12 ± 1.24^a
		DS	hindlimb	18.44 ± 1.19	17.85 ± 0.89	17.62 ± 1.13
	CS2	US	forelimb	30.45 ± 1.02^a	30.73 ± 1.11^a	31.44 ± 1.49
		US	hindlimb	16.04 ± 1.40^a	16.70 ± 1.47^{a, b}	16.27 ± 1.49^a
		DS	forelimb	34.40 ± 1.64^a	33.73 ± 1.55^{a, b}	34.12 ± 1.52^a
		DS	hindlimb	19.11 ± 1.21	18.84 ± 1.35^a	18.18 ± 1.26^b

Abbreviations: CS1 10° cross-slope; CS2 15° cross-slope; DS down-slope; IFz vertical impulse; LW level walking; M1 first measurement; M2 second measurement; M3 third measurement; PFz peak vertical force; TF total force; US up-slope. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, ^aP < 0.05 vs. LW; ^bP < 0.05 vs. M1.

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