Manual of Equine Lameness

MANUAL OF EQUINE LAMENESS
	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	CONTRIBUTORS
	COMMON TERMINOLOGIES AND ABBREVIATIONS
	CHAPTER 1: Functional Anatomy of the Equine Musculoskeletal System
		ANATOMIC NOMENCLATURE AND USAGE
		THORACIC LIMB
		HINDLIMB
		AXIAL COMPONENTS
	CHAPTER 2: Fundamentals of Lameness Diagnosis
		DEFINITION OF LAMENESS
		CLASSIFICATION OF LAMENESS
		WHAT TO LOOK FOR
		ANATOMIC PROBLEM AREAS
		OCCUPATION-RELATED PROBLEM AREAS
		EVALUATION OF FOALS WITH LAMENESS
		PERFORMING A PREPURCHASE EXAMINATION
	CHAPTER 3: Assessment of the Lame Horse
		HISTORY
		SIGNALMENT AND USE
		VISUAL EXAMINATION AT REST
		PALPATION AND MANIPULATION
		VISUAL EXAM AT EXERCISE
		FLEXION TESTS/MANIPULATION
		PERINEURAL ANESTHESIA
		INTRASYNOVIAL ANESTHESIA
	CHAPTER 4: Imaging
		RADIOGRAPHY
		ULTRASOUND
		NUCLEAR MEDICINE
		MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
		COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
	CHAPTER 5: Common Conditions of the Foot
		NAVICULAR DISEASE/SYNDROME
		FRACTURES OF THE NAVICULAR (DISTAL SESAMOID) BONE
		INJURIES TO THE DDFT AND PODOTROCHLEAR APPARATUS
		INJURIES TO THE COLLATERALLIGAMENTS (CLs) OF THE DIP JOINT
		OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) OF THE DIPJOINT
		FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL PHALANX (P3, COFFIN BONE)
		PEDAL OSTEITIS (PO)
		SUBCHONDRAL CYSTIC LESIONS OF THE DISTAL PHALANX (P3)
		OSSIFICATION OF THE COLLATERAL CARTILAGE OF THE DISTAL PHALANX (SIDEBONE)
		SOLE BRUISES, CORNS, AND ABSCESSES
		CANKER
		THRUSH
		WHITE LINE DISEASE
		PENETRATING INJURIES OF THE FOOT
		KERATOMA
		FOOT IMBALANCES
		CLUB FOOT
		TOE CRACKS, QUARTER CRACKS, HEEL CRACKS (SAND CRACKS)
		LAMINITIS
	CHAPTER 6: Common Conditions of the Forelimb
		OA OF THE PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL (PIP) JOINT
		OSTEOCHONDROSIS (OC) OF THE PIP JOINT
		LUXATION/SUBLUXATION OF THE PIP JOINT
		FRACTURES OF THE MIDDLE PHALANX (P2)
		FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANX (P1)
		DESMITIS OF THE DISTAL SESAMOIDEAN LIGAMENTS (DSLs)
		SDFT AND DDFT INJURIES IN THE PASTERN
		OSTEOCHONDRAL (CHIP) FRACTURES OF PROXIMAL P1
		FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL SESAMOID BONES
		SESAMOIDITIS
		TRAUMATIC OA OF THE MCP JOINT (OSSELETS)
		FETLOCK SUBCHONDRAL CYSTIC LESIONS (SCLs)
		TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF THE SUSPENSORY APPARATUS
		DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON SHEATH (DFTS) TENOSYNOVITIS
		PERIOSTITIS AND FRACTURE OF THE DORSAL METACARPUS (BUCKED SHINS, SHIN SPLINTS, AND STRESS FRACTURE)
		MCIII/MTIII CONDYLAR FRACTURES
		COMPLETE FRACTURES OF THE MCIII/MTIII (CANNON BONE)
		“SPLINTS” OR SMALL MC BONE EXOSTOSIS
		FRACTURES OF THE SMALL MC/MT (SPLINT) BONES
		SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT (SL) DESMITIS
		DEGENERATIVE SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT DESMITIS (DSLD)
		SUPERFICIAL DIGITAL FLEXOR (SDF) TENDINITIS (BOWED TENDON)
		COMMON DIGITAL EXTENSOR (CDE) TENDON RUPTURE
		EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS (ECR) TENDON DAMAGE
		INTRA-ARTICULAR CARPAL FRACTURES
		OA OF THE CARPUS
		CARPAL SHEATH TENOSYNOVITIS
		FRACTURES OF THE RADIUS
		FRACTURES OF THE ULNA
		SUBCHONDRAL CYSTIC LESIONS (SCLs) OF THE ELBOW
		BURSITIS OF THE ELBOW (OLECRANON BURSITIS)
		FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS
		BICIPITAL (INTERTUBERCULAR BURSA) BURSITIS
		OSTEOCHONDROSIS (OCD) OF THE SCAPULOHUMERAL (SHOULDER) JOINT
		SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE INJURY (SWEENY)
		FRACTURES OF THE SUPRAGLENOID TUBERCLE (TUBEROSITY)
	CHAPTER 7: Common Conditions of the Hindlimb
		DISTAL HINDLIMB AND FOOT
		DISTAL TARSAL OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA)
		OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS (OCD) OF THE TARSOCRURAL JOINT
		SLAB/SAGITTAL FRACTURES OF THE  CENTRAL OR THIRD TARSAL BONES
		FRACTURES OF THE TIBIAL MALLEOLI
		SUBLUXATIONS/LUXATIONS OF THE TARSAL JOINTS
		LUXATION OF THE SDFT FROM THE CALCANEUS
		CAPPED HOCK/CALCANEAL BURSITIS
		TARSAL SHEATH TENOSYNOVITIS (THOROUGHPIN)
		RUPTURE OF THE PERONEUS TERTIUS
		STRINGHALT
		TIBIAL STRESS FRACTURES
		DIAPHYSEAL AND METAPHYSEAL TIBIAL FRACTURES
		TIBIAL TUBEROSITY/CREST FRACTURES
		FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL TIBIAL PHYSIS
		FEMOROPATELLAR OCD
		FRACTURES OF THE PATELLA
		UPWARD FIXATION OF THE PATELLA (UFP)
		SUBCHONDRAL CYSTIC LESIONS (SCLs) OF THE STIFLE
		MENISCAL INJURIES
		COLLATERAL/CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY
		SYNOVITIS/CAPSULITIS/OA OF THE STIFLE
		FIBROTIC MYOPATHY
		DIAPHYSEAL AND METAPHYSEAL FEMORAL FRACTURES
		CAPITAL PHYSEAL FRACTURES OF THE FEMORAL HEAD
		COXOFEMORAL LUXATION (DISLOCATION OF THE HIP JOINT)
		OA OF THE COXOFEMORAL JOINT
		INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS/PHYSITIS OF THE COXOFEMORAL JOINT
	CHAPTER 8: Common Conditions of the Axial Skeleton
		PELVIC FRACTURES
		ILIAL WING FRACTURES
		TUBER COXAE FRACTURES
		ACETABULAR FRACTURES
		FRACTURES OF THE SACRUM AND COCCYGEAL VERTEBRAE
		DISEASES OF THE SACROILIAC REGION
		OVERRIDING/IMPINGEMENT OF DORSAL SPINOUS PROCESSES
		SUPRASPINOUS LIGAMENT INJURIES
		FRACTURES OF THE SPINOUS PROCESSES
		VERTEBRAL FRACTURES
		DISCOSPONDYLITIS
		SPONDYLOSIS
		FACET JOINT OA AND VERTEBRAL FACET JOINT SYNDROME
		NUCHAL LIGAMENT DESMOPATHY/NUCHAL BURSITIS
		CERVICAL FACET JOINT OA
	CHAPTER 9: Therapeutic Options
		SYSTEMIC/PARENTERAL
		TOPICAL/LOCAL
		INTRASYNOVIAL
		INTRALESIONAL
		ORAL/NUTRITIONAL
		CORRECTIVE TRIMMING AND SHOEING
	CHAPTER 10: Musculoskeletal Emergencies
		SEVERE UNILATERAL LAMENESS
		SEVERELY SWOLLEN LIMB
		LONG BONE FRACTURES/LUXATIONS
		SYNOVIAL INFECTIONS
		TENDON LACERATIONS
	INDEX