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

Table 4

Comparison of the range of motion (ROM) of hip joint before and during the experiment.

Weeks	Group	Right hip joint		Left hip joint
		Extension	Flexion	Extension	Flexion
0	OA-SW	128.24±14.90^a	41.14±6.98^a	128.52±15.37^a	40.81±6.38^a
	H-SW	137.00±12.49^a	41.27±8.46^a	137.33±12.71^a	41.40±8.40^a
	H-NSW	133.00±7.49	38.77±6.00	133.92±7.68	39.46±5.55
2	OA-SW	128.19±15.24^a	40.95±7.04^a	128.57±15.13^a	40.71±6.47^a
	H-SW	136.73±12.74^a	41.13±8.33^a	137.07±12.07^a	41.27±8.51^a
	H-NSW	133.08±7.40	38.38±5.92	133.77±7.61	39.31±5.69
4	OA-SW	128.62±14.86^a	40.86±7.09^a	129.05±15.31^a	40.52±6.65^a
	H-SW	137.33±12.43^a,b	41.00±8.18^a	137.60±12.14^a	40.93±8.50^b
	H-NSW	132.77±7.5	38.69±5.94	133.92±7.53	39.54±5.84
6	OA-SW	128.95±15.05^a	40.62±6.57^a	129.14±15.63^a	40.48±6.71^a
	H-SW	137.73±12.69^b	40.80±8.42^a	138.07±12.33^a	40.80±8.41^b
	H-NSW	132.93±7.26	39.00±6.18	134.00±7.87	39.42±5.64
8	OA-SW	130.48±15.96^b	40.00±6.63^b	130.43±16.04^b	39.38±5.75^b
	H-SW	139.53±12.96^b	40.33±8.15^b	140.02±12.44^b	40.27±7.91^b
	H-NSW	133.00±7.57	38.62±6.09	133.77±7.61	39.85±5.64

The data are expressed as mean ± SD.
A significant difference (𝑃<0.05) between the weeks (0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks) at the same group is displayed with superscript^(a,b).