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1 lip 2023 · This descriptive study provides a comprehensive assessment of CL injuries of the equine hock and outcome following conservative treatment. In contrast to previous reports, 5,8 about half of the horses were able to successfully return to work and to compete at a level equal to or higher than before the injury.
Disorders of the tarsus (hock) include the conditions known as bog spavin, bone spavin, and curb. The tarsus can also be affected by displacement of the tendon from the hock, fracture of the tarsus, hindlimb tendon and muscle ruptures, stringhalt, and thoroughpin.
21 lut 2022 · The hock is commonly involved in traumatic injuries in horses and due to the large number of synovial structures located in the region, this frequently results in synovial infection which is a major and potentially life-threatening complication in horses.
16 cze 2022 · Lameness in the horse's hock joint is one of the most common causes of altered hind end gait. Hock lameness is characterized by shortened gait, weight shifting, stiffness when your horse picks their hind legs up, and reduced springiness off the ground when the horse picks up a canter or jumps.
28 paź 2019 · Summary. Fractures and luxations of the hock occur infrequently, and involve numerous sites and fracture configurations, making treatment and assessment of prognosis challenging. The hock is heavily invested by collateral and periarticular ligaments and the insertions of extensive muscles and ligaments, including the cranial tibial and peroneus ...
In those horses in which distal hock joint pain is suspected but there is little radiologic change, scintigraphy of the tarsus may reveal an increased focal uptake of radionuclide in the distal tarsal bones. The aim of treatment is to provide pain relief so that the horse may remain in work.
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