Identification of subclinical tendon injury from ground reaction force analysis
| Autor: | S. M. Dow, I. A. Silver, A. E. Goodship, J. A. Leendertz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty Flexor tendon business.industry Population General Medicine Gait Numerical digit Tendon medicine.anatomical_structure Physical medicine and rehabilitation Tendon Injuries Lameness Forelimb medicine Physical therapy Animals Horses Ground reaction force education business Locomotion Retrospective Studies Subclinical infection |
| Zdroj: | Equine Veterinary Journal. 23:266-272 |
| ISSN: | 2042-3306 0425-1644 |
| Popis: | In this study a method of analysing ground reaction forces was developed to help in the diagnosis of subclinical flexor tendon injury. A Kistler force plate was used to obtain records from a population of Thoroughbreds in National Hunt training over a period of two years. Characteristic features of the force patterns generated were measured and shown to have low variance, both between horses and over a period of two racing seasons in animals that were sound throughout the trial. Specific changes in the loading pattern of the limb, which correlated with injury of the superficial digital flexor tendon, were identified from horses that sustained clinical injury during the study. Retrospective analysis showed that changes became apparent in the force patterns before this group of horses exhibited clinical lameness. This type of analysis provides an objective means of detecting tendon injury at an early stage. |
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