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Intraobserver and interobserver agreement of 8 segmental reflexes in healthy dogs
| Title: | Intraobserver and interobserver agreement of 8 segmental reflexes in healthy dogs |
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| Authors: | Bryan Chiang, Gabriel Garcia, Francesco Leverone, Jorge A. Hernandez, Sheila Carrera‐Justiz |
| Source: | Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Vol 38, Iss 2, Pp 1101-1110 (2024) |
| Subject Terms: | canine, neurolocalization, neurological examination, reflexes, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100 |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Veterinary medicine |
| Description: | 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 proportions of agreement, kappa values, and 95% confidence intervals. A segmental reflex with an acceptable agreement was defined as that with a proportion of agreement ≥90% and a Kappa value ≥0.61 in both limbs. Results The intraobserver proportion of agreement for all 3 observers was high (≥95%) for the extensor carpi radialis, withdrawal, patellar, and cranial tibial reflexes. Between observers 1 and 3 and observers 2 and 3, the interobserver proportion of agreement was high (≥ 92%) for the extensor carpi radialis (κ 0.66, not determined [ND]), withdrawal (both limbs, κ ND), patellar (κ ND), and cranial tibial reflexes (κ ND). Conclusions and Clinical Importance The extensor carpi radialis, withdrawal, patellar, and cranial tibial reflexes had a higher proportion of agreement and kappa values between 2 observers. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1939-1676 0891-6640 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/0891-6640; https://doaj.org/toc/1939-1676 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jvim.16999 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/f6845505cba14344853a9ac6b5f37437 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.f6845505cba14344853a9ac6b5f37437 |
| ISSN: | 1939167608916640 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jvim.16999 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |