Table 3 Showing the means for the demographic measures and the computed centre of pressure (CoP) measures obtained using the force platform and the pressure platform Tekscan Matscan® for males and females, and the different breed types (smooth, long and wire-haired) and the results of the ANOVA tests, significance set at p < 0.05. AP (anterior-posterior), ML (medial-lateral). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

Age (years)

2.98 (3.83)

4.72 (3.14)

0.169

3.20 (3.25)

6.17 (3.19)

3.23 (2.42)

0.021*

Weight (kg)

3.54 (1.01)

3.41 (0.90)

0.011*

5.67 (1.07)

5.43 (1.87)

4.88 (0.94)

0.374

Height at the withers (cm)

20.5 (2.62)

18.64 (1.15)

0.003**

20.22 (2.28)

18.46 (1.01)

18.60 (1.54)

0.017*

length-to-height ratio

1.42 (0.15)

1.40 (0.11)

0.693

1.38 (0.12)

1.46 (0.08)

1.37 (0.14)

0.088

Body condition score - BCS

3.54 (1.01)

3.41 (0.90)

0.687

3.56 (0.85)

3.64 (1.08)

3.00 (0.71)

0.204

CoP Measure

Force Platform (AMTI)

AP range (cm)

2.91 (1.11)

2.27 (0.46)

0.117

2.74 (0.84)

2.22 (0.66)

2.38 (0.66)

0.246

ML range (cm)

3.83 (1.41)

3.30 (0.73)

0.254

3.71 (1.16)

3.16 (0.75)

3.48 (0.99)

0.347

95% area of best-fit ellipse (cm ² )

7.01 (5.27)

3.69 (2.02)

0.310

6.37 (4.71)

3.12 (1.79)

4.29 (3.56)

0.089

Sway path (cm)

753 (191)

842 (182)

0.026*

758 (138)

848 (236)

860 (155)

0.103

CoP Measure

Pressure platform (Tekscan Matscan®)

AP range (cm)

1.95 (0.90)

1.26 (0.57)

0.179

1.78 (0.88)

1.27 (0.57)

1.26 (0.61)

0.367

ML range (cm)

3.23 (1.32)

2.57 (0.91)

0.158

2.93 (1.22)

2.68 (0.90)

2.61 (1.14)

0.904

95% area of best-fit ellipse (cm ² )

5.74 (4.64)

3.02 (3.00)

0.688

5.36 (5.06)

2.67 (2.13)

3.11 (2.25)

0.387

Sway path (cm)

137 (57)

151 (40)

0.166

126 (39)

170 (45)

142 (39)

0.006**