Normal MRI features of the manica flexoria in horses and evaluation of the anatomic variability between forelimbs and hindlimbs.

ABSTRACT: Manica flexoria tears are increasingly recognized as a cause of lameness in horses resulting in a need for improved pre-operative diagnosis. Partial tears are difficult to pre-operatively diagnose and thus research for diagnostics of manica flexoria tears has been seen in increasing frequency over the past decade, though a deficit of information exists for the features of this structure on MRI, which is best suited for evaluation of soft tissues. The goal is to perform an observational study on the morphometry of the normal manica flexoria prospectively and describe it retrospectively on MRI. Inclusion criteria includes: MRI of the metacarpophalangeal/metatarsophalangeal regions in non-lame limbs without MRI tendon abnormalities identified, and the entire manica flexoria included on transv

SUBMITTER: Miles S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12279136 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature