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Table 1 SCI dog characteristics

From: The role of diffusion tensor imaging as an objective tool for the assessment of motor function recovery after paraplegia in a naturally-occurring large animal model of spinal cord injury

Clinical grade

At presentation (n = 17)

At follow-up examination (n = 16)

0

–

4

1

–

–

2

–

11

3

–

1

4

12

–

5

5

–

  1. SCI spinal cord injury; clinical grading. 0: dog with no neurological deficits; 1: hyperaesthesia with paravertebral palpation; 2: ambulatory paraparesis; 3: non-ambulatory paraparesis; 4: paraplegia with deep pain perception; 5: paraplegia without deep pain perception