Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
How a cat walks with a dislocated shoulder and one front leg missing
By Kano, Washington Takashi et al.Ā·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienneĀ·2013Ā·Department of Veterinary Surgery and Anesthesiology, BrazilĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: Gait analysis in a cat with scapular luxation and contralateral forelimb amputation.
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Plain-English summary
A cat with a dislocated shoulder on the left side and an amputated right front leg was evaluated using a special walkway to analyze how it walked. The study found that the cat shifted more weight to its remaining front leg, even with the shoulder injury. This information could help veterinarians understand how to better support cats with similar injuries.
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Abstract
This report describes the use of a pressure-sensitive walkway to evaluate an uncommon case of a cat with dorsal luxation of the left scapula and an amputated right forelimb. The findings suggest that limb amputation induced load redistribution mostly to the contralateral forelimb despite the scapular luxation.
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