Veterinary Sports Medicine and Advances in Orthopedics: From Diagnosis to Rehabilitation

A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381).

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Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: canine sports medicine; musculoskeletal ultrasound; veterinary physiotherapy; canine rehabilitation

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University Veterinary Hospital, University of Turin, 10124 Torino, Italy
Interests: equine sports medicine; musculoskeletal ultrasound; equine physiotherapy; equine rehabilitation

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Dear Colleagues,

Sports medicine, orthopedics and, particularly, rehabilitation are rapidly growing disciplines in Veterinary Medicine, but there is still a lack in terms of knowledge for vigorous clinical research confirming what is often used in this specific field.

This Special Issue in Veterinary Sciences journal, entitled Veterinary Sports Medicine and Advances in Orthopedics: from diagnosis to rehabilitation, will publish original articles, clinical studies, brief communications, case reports, case series, and reviews on the latest studies on sports medicine and orthopedics in canine and equine patients.

It will encompass all aspects of sports medicine: preclinical and clinical research, as well as clinical approaches, diagnostic imaging, conservative and surgical treatments and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders, which can occur in working and athletic dogs and horses.

Based on your expertise in this field, we suppose that you can effectively contribute to the success of this initiative. We also hope that this collection will stimulate closer collaboration between researchers in veterinary and medical sciences in order to increase the essential scientific growth between human and veterinary medicine.

Dr. Giuseppe Spinella
Dr. Barbara Riccio
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sports medicine
  • veterinary sports medicine
  • orthopedics
  • rehabilitation
  • physiotherapy
  • diagnostic imaging
  • ultrasound
  • radiography
  • dog
  • horse
  • canine
  • equine

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Thermographic Image of the Hoof Print in Leisure and Cross-Country Warmblood Horses: A Pilot Study
by Cristian Zaha, Larisa Schuszler, Roxana Dascalu, Paula Nistor, Tiana Florea, Ciprian Rujescu, Bogdan Sicoe and Cornel Igna
Vet. Sci. 2023, 10(7), 470; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10070470 - 18 Jul 2023
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Background: The field of veterinary medicine lacks information on equine thermal hoof printing, and few data on the same subject are available in dogs. In human medicine, thermography is used to detect heat emitted by the foot when it comes in contact with [...] Read more.
Background: The field of veterinary medicine lacks information on equine thermal hoof printing, and few data on the same subject are available in dogs. In human medicine, thermography is used to detect heat emitted by the foot when it comes in contact with a flat surface to detect the abnormalities of the foot balance. The hypothesis states that the thermal pattern of the hoof print in Warmblood horses is detectable and it does not vary among the four limbs in leisure and cross-country Warmblood horses in terms of mean temperature of the hoof print surface. A pilot study was conducted to investigate the accuracy of thermography in temperature detection of the hoof print and to investigate the occurrence of possible differences in the mean value of six selected areas and whether there are any differences in the mean temperature of the hoof print between leisure and cross-country Warmblood horses. Methods: The study included sixty non-lame Warmblood horses with all limbs taken into consideration (n = 240). The selection criteria for the horses were: no alterations in posture and no muscle group asymmetry during visual examination, no lateral or medial deviation of the carpus or hock, no reaction to the flexion tests, negative reactions to the hoof tester, no lameness during walking, trotting or lunging, no anti-inflammatory medication in the last three weeks prior to examination and rectal temperature between 37 °C and 38 °C. The hoof print of each hoof was measured with the horse in the standing position, all four limbs on the ground, using a FLIR E50 thermal camera. Six areas of temperature from the hoof print were taken into consideration, and for each of them, the mean value was identified using FLIR Tools software for photo interpretation. The One-Way ANOVA test was used to test the differences between the mean temperatures obtained for each selected area from all limbs and to compare the hoof print temperature values between the leisure horses and cross-country horses. Data were statistically processed using SAS Studio. Results: Thermography can detect the temperature emitted by the hoof but the thermal patterns of the hoof print show no difference for all four studied limbs. No significant statistical differences were noticed between the mean temperatures identified for each studied area. Also, there were no statistical differences between the mean temperature of the selected areas from the forelimbs and hindlimbs from the horses used for leisure and those used for cross-country. Based on this aspect, the mean temperature of one selected area can be determined in any of the four limbs, without visible variations. Conclusions: Thermography can detect the hoof print on a flat surface and the mean temperature for each studied area can be proposed as a reference temperature value. There were no differences in the mean temperature of the hoofprint between leisure and cross-country Warmblood Horses. Further investigations are required to clarify whether there are any differences in the thermal pattern of hoof prints from other breeds or from horses with musculoskeletal conditions. Full article
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Relationship between Ground Reaction Forces and Morpho- Metric Measures in Two Different Canine Phenotypes Using Regression Analysis
by Giovanni Della Valle, Chiara Caterino, Federica Aragosa, Caterina Balestriere, Alfonso Piscitelli, Cristina Di Palma, Maria Pia Pasolini and Gerardo Fatone
Vet. Sci. 2022, 9(7), 325; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9070325 - 28 Jun 2022
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Force plate analysis assesses gait symmetry and limb loading. However, as previously described, individual and breed variability (body size and conformation) is related to breeding, body conformation, and size. This prospective study aimed to evaluate the influence of morphometric measures on the speed [...] Read more.
Force plate analysis assesses gait symmetry and limb loading. However, as previously described, individual and breed variability (body size and conformation) is related to breeding, body conformation, and size. This prospective study aimed to evaluate the influence of morphometric measures on the speed (V), peak of vertical force (PVF), vertical impulse (VI), and stance time (ST) in healthy dolichomorph and mesomorph dogs and their combined effect on and interactions with V, PVF, VI, and ST in the same morphological types. Fifty dogs were enrolled in the current study, and specific morphometric measurements were recorded for each dog. A force platform was used to record the ground reaction forces (GFRs), including PVF and VI. Multiple linear regression models were used for the study purposes. According to our results, GFRs are influenced by morphometric measures (body weight, withers height, and speed) not so much as a single contribution, but by the interaction between them. It is not possible to compare GFRs in dogs that do not belong to the same breed. However, the subjective variabilities make this comparison difficult and poorly reliable. According to the author, the comparison should be made between canine morphological types rather than breeds. Full article
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Characterization of Equine Chronic Tendon Lesions in Low- and High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
by Carla Ulrike Doll, Kerstin von Pueckler, Julia Offhaus, Dagmar Berner and Janina Burk
Vet. Sci. 2022, 9(6), 297; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9060297 - 15 Jun 2022
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In equine medicine, experience regarding MRI of chronic tendon lesions is limited, and evidence on the suitability of different sequences in 3 T high-field MRI is scarce. Therefore, macroscopically healthy and altered tendons were examined by histology and in 0.27 T low- and [...] Read more.
In equine medicine, experience regarding MRI of chronic tendon lesions is limited, and evidence on the suitability of different sequences in 3 T high-field MRI is scarce. Therefore, macroscopically healthy and altered tendons were examined by histology and in 0.27 T low- and 3 T high-field MRI, focusing on T1-weighted (T1w) sequences to visualize chronic lesions. In high-field MRI, tendons were positioned parallel (horizontal) and perpendicular (vertical) to the magnetic field, acknowledging the possible impact of the magic angle effect. The images were evaluated qualitatively and signal intensities were measured for quantitative analysis. Qualitative evaluation was consistent with the quantitative results, yet there were differences in lesion detection between the sequences. The low-field T1w GRE sequence and high-field T1w FLASH sequence with vertically positioned tendons displayed all tendon lesions. However, the horizontally scanned high-field T1w SE sequence failed to detect chronic tendon lesions. The agreement regarding tendon signal intensities was higher between high-field sequences scanned in the same orientation (horizontal or vertical) than between the same types of sequence (SE or FLASH), demonstrating the impact of tendon positioning. Vertical scanning was superior for diagnosis of the tendon lesions, suggesting that the magic angle effect plays a major role in detecting chronic tendon disease. Full article
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