Movement asymmetries in horses presented for prepurchase or lameness examination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increasing popularity of objective gait analysis makes application in prepurchase examinations (PPE) a logical next step. Therefore, there is a need to have more understanding of asymmetry during a PPE in horses described on clinical evaluation as subtly lame.

Objectives

The objective of this study is to objectively compare asymmetry in horses raising minor vet concerns in a PPE and in horses raising major vet concerns with that found in horses presented with subtle single-limb lameness, and to investigate the effect of age/discipline on the clinicians' interpretation of asymmetry on the classification of minor vet concerns in a PPE.

Study design

Clinical case-series.

Methods

Horses presented for PPE (n = 98) or subjectively evaluated as single l

SUBMITTER: Hardeman AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291531 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature