Influence of orthopedic examination on lameness scores and interobserver and intraobserver agreement in dogs with naturally occurring elbow osteoarthritis

Objective

To determine the influence of orthopedic examination on numerical rating score (NRS) and visual analog score (VAS) when scoring lameness in dogs with elbow osteoarthritis (OA) and to evaluate interobserver and intraobserver agreement in NRS and VAS on the basis of video‐graphic gait analysis.

Karanvir S. Aulakh BVSc & AH, MS, MS, CCRP, DACVS‐SA Kaustubh R. Dongaonkar BVSc & AH, MVSc Katherine Barnes DVM, MS, CCRP, DACVS‐SA Alberto J. Gines DVM, DECVS Jude T. Bordelon DVM, MS, MBA, DACVS‐SA Don Hulse DVM, DACVS, DECVS Harmeet K. Aulakh BVSc & AH, MVSc, DACVIM Chin‐Chi Liu MS, MApStat, PhD