Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Volume 26, Issue 11 , Pages 507-516 , November 2006

Thermography and ultrasonography in back pain diagnosis of equine athletes

References 

  1. Kobluk CN . Exercise intolerance and poor performance in western performance horses . Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract . 1996;12:581–606
  2. Denoix JD . Aspects fonctionnels des régions lombo-sacrales et sacro-iliac du cheval . Pract Vet Equine . 1992;24:13–22
  3. Jeffcott LB . Diagnosis of back problems in the horse . Compend Contin Educ Pract Vet . 1981;3:S134–S143
  4. Haussler KK . The lower back and pelvis of performance horses receive a closer look . J Equine Vet Sci . 1996;16:279–281
  5. Martin BB , Klide AM . Physical examination of horses with back pain . Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract . 1999;15:61–70
  6. Jeffcott LB . The examination of a horse with a potential back problem . Proc Am Assoc Equine Pract . 1985;31:271–284
  7. Leclaire R , Esdaile JM , Jéquier JC , Hanley JA , Rossignol M , Bourdouxhe M . Diagnostic accuracy of technologies used in low back pain assessment: Thermography, triaxial dynamometry, spinoscopy, and clinical examination . Spine . 1996;21:1325–1331
  8. Purohit RC , McCoy MD , Bergfeld WA . Thermography diagnosis of Horner's syndrome in the horse . Am J Vet Res . 1980;41:1180–1182
  9. Turner TA . Diagnostic thermography . Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract . 2001;17:95–113
  10. Stashak TS . Examination for lameness . In: Stashak TS editors. Adam's Lameness in Horses . Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 2002;p. 113–183
  11. Denoix JD , Desbrosse F . Pathologie du Dos Chez Le Cheval . Maisons-Alfort: ENV Alfort; 1999;
  12. Denoix JD . Ultrasonographic evaluation of back lesions . Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract . 1999;15:131–160
  13. Peetrons P . Ultrasound of muscles . Eur Radiol . 2002;12:35–43
  14. Denoix JD , Dyson SJ . Thoracolumbar spine . In: Ross MW ,  Dyson SJ editor. Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in The Horse . 1st ed.. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 2003;p. 509–521
  15. Denoix JD . Spinal biomechanics and functional anatomy . Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract . 1999;15:27–60
  16. Denoix JD . Ligament injuries of the axial skeleton in the horse: supraspinal and sacroiliac desmopathies . Proc Dubai Int Equine Symp . 1996;273–286
  17. Townsend HGG , Leach DH , Fretz PB . Kinematics of the equine thoracolumbar spine . Equine Vet J . 1983;15:117–122
  18. Von Schweinitz DG . Thermographic diagnostics in equine back pain . Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract . 1999;15:161–278
  19. Hall J , Bramlage LR , Kantrowitz BM , Page L , Simpson B . Correlation between contact thermography and ultrasonography in the evaluation of experimentally-induced superficial flexor tendonitis . Proc Am Assoc Equine Pract . 1982;28:429–438
  20. Haussler KK , Stover SM , Willits NH . Pathologic changes in the lumbosacral vertebrae and pelvis in Thoroughbred horses . Am J Vet Res . 1999;60:143–153
  21. Kirkaldy-Willis WH . Relationship between spinal biomechanics and pathological changes in the equine thoracolumbar spine . Equine Vet J . 1986;18:107–111
  22. Townsend HGG , Leach DH . Relationship between intervertebral joint morphology and mobility in the equine thoracolumbar spine . Equine Vet J . 1984;16:461–465

 Refereed

PII: S0737-0806(06)00498-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2006.09.007

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Volume 26, Issue 11 , Pages 507-516 , November 2006