Robustness of five different visual assessment methods for the evaluation of hindlimb lameness based on tubera coxarum movement in horses at the trot on a straight line.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The evaluation of hindlimb lameness remains a major challenge in everyday clinical practice. In the absence of clear guidelines, veterinarians use different visual assessment methods for this task whose robustness is unknown.

Objectives

Determination of the robustness of five visual hindlimb lameness assessment methods based on the comparison of left and right tuber coxae movement.

Study design

Validated mathematical hindlimb lameness model based on experimental data from the literature.

Methods

Vertical movement of left (LTC) and right (RTC) tuber coxae was simulated for the range of common hindlimb lameness movement patterns that horses present within practice. Lameness severity ranged from sound to moderately lame (0% to 60% motion asymmetry). The

SUBMITTER: Starke SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9787951 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature