Effect of Swimming on Clinical Functional Parameters and Serum Biomarkers in Healthy and Osteoarthritic Dogs

Table 3

Comparison of clinical scores for the osteoarthritis-swimming (OA-SW) group before and during the experiment.

Parameter	Weeks
	0	2	4	6	8
Lameness	3.00±0.84^a	2.95±0.80^a	2.95±0.80^a	2.86±0.85^a	2.48±0.75^b
Joint mobility	1.76±0.83^a	1.76±0.83^a	1.71±0.78^a	1.67±0.73^a	1.48±0.60^b
Pain on palpation	2.00±0.55^a	2.05±0.59^a	1.90±0.62^a	1.67±0.58^b	1.48±0.51^b
Weight bearing	2.05±0.67^a	2.00±0.63^a	1.95±0.59^a	1.90±0.62^a	1.48±0.51^b
Overall score	1.62±0.59^a	1.62±0.59^a	1.57±0.60^a	1.48±0.60^a	1.19±0.40^b

Data are expressed as mean ± SD.
A significant difference (𝑃<0.05) between the weeks at the same condition is displayed with superscript^(a,b).