Effect of single dose radiation therapy on weight-bearing lameness in dogs with elbow osteoarthritis

Amy S. Kapatkin¹; Barbro Nordquist²; Tanya C. Garcia³; Maureen A. Griffin⁴; Alain
Theon¹; Sun Kim⁵; Kei Hayashi⁶

¹Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA,
USA; ²Evidensia Strömsholm Specialty Hospital, Strömsholm, Sweden; ³Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell
Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; ⁴School of Veterinary Medicine,
University of California, Davis, CA, USA;⁵ Veterinary Medical Center, East Lansing, MI, USA; ⁶ Cornell University,
College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, USA

Objectives: To determine if a single low dose of radiation therapy in dogs with osteoarthritis of the elbow joint was associated with a detectable improvement in their lameness and pain as documented by force platform gait analysis.