OBJECTIVE: To characterize and describe the compensatory load redistribution that results from unilateral hind limb lameness in horses.
DESIGN: Retrospective case series.
ANIMALS: 37 client-owned horses.
Gait analysis
Category: Equine - Gait analysis - Lameness - Motion Analysis
OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations between inertial sensor and stationary force plate measurements of hind limb lameness in horses. ANIMALS 21 adult horses with no lameness or with mild hind limb lameness.
Category: Equine - Gait analysis - Lameness - Motion Analysis
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to quantify by accelerometry the trotting pattern of adult horses sedated with two different doses of acepromazine, in order to assess the use of this drug in equine lameness evaluations.
Category: Anaesthesia - Diagnostic Analgesia - Equine - Gait analysis - Lameness
Journal: Equine Veterinary Journal
REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY: Subjective evaluation of the response to diagnostic analgesia of hindlimb lameness is influenced by expectation bias. Quantification of pelvic movement with inertial measurement units is possible, but it is unclear which measure of movement symmetry best reflects the changes seen after diagnostic analgesia.
Category: Diagnostic Analgesia - Equine - Gait analysis - Lameness
Journal: Equine Veterinary Journal
Summary
Reasons for performing study
Subjective evaluation of the response to diagnostic analgesia of hindlimb lameness is influenced by expectation bias. Quantification of pelvic movement with inertial measurement units is possible, but it is unclear which measure of movement symmetry best reflects the changes seen after diagnostic analgesia.
Category: Diagnosis - Equine - Gait analysis - Lameness
Journal: Equine Veterinary Journal
Reasons for performing study
Thus far, pressure-plate analysis has been limited to measurements on a hard surface, whereas equine athletes routinely perform on a deformable substrate.
Objectives
To explore pressure-plate analysis on arena footing.
Study design
Nonrandomised crossover study using noninvasive techniques.
Methods
Category: Equine - Gait analysis - Podiatry
Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Diagnostic analgesia of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint is theoretically helpful to localize the source of pain in the foot to the joint and/or navicular bursa. However, it has been suggested that potential diffusion of local anesthetic agent to nearby distal limb nerves may anesthetize other areas of the foot. The objective of this study was to compare the results of palmar digital (PD) and abaxial sesamoid (AS) nerve blocks to intra-articular anesthesia of the DIP joint in horses with distal forelimb lameness.
Category: Diagnostic Analgesia - Equine - Gait analysis - Lameness
Journal: American Journal of Veterinary Research
Objective—To determine intralimb orientation changes with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) in hooves of horses at a walk and trot after induction of weight-bearing single forelimb lameness and to determine whether hoof orientations are similar to baseline values following perineural anesthesia.
Animals—6 clinically normal horses.
Category: Equine - Gait analysis - Lameness
Journal: Equine Veterinary Journal
Summary
Reasons for performing study
Multiple in vitro studies assessing articular tissues have indicated that glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate may possess anti-inflammatory effects, but little is known of their clinical effects in vivo. Many old horses have stiff joints, which is likely to be attributable to inflammation and therapy with these nutraceutical compounds could improve joint function.
Objectives
To assess the clinical effects of a mixed supplement on the improvement of stiff gait in aged horses.
Category: Equine - Gait analysis
Journal: Equine Veterinary Journal
Introduction
Evaluation of the movement during trot in circles is commonly used in clinical equine lameness examinations to exacerbate mild or bilateral lameness. Sound horses trotting in a straight line have a high degree of movement symmetry, which decreases with lameness. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of lungeing and circle size on movement symmetry in sound horses.
Category: Equine - Gait analysis