Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse.
- Journal:
- Open veterinary journal
- Year:
- 2020
- Authors:
- Lacitignola, Luca et al.
- Affiliation:
- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e dei Trapianti di Organi (D.E.T.O.) · Italy
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent advances in tendinopathy research have focused on tendon vascularization detected with Color Doppler (CD) ultrasound. The use of CD has also been described in horses in a study on chronic lesions of superficial digital flexor tendon and suspensory ligament. AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and distribution of power Doppler (PD) signal in horses with superficial digital flexor tendinopathy. METHODS: Twenty-five horses with tendinopathy were included and 10 healthy horses with no lameness and no ultrasonographic abnormalities were used for comparison. RESULTS: In all horses with tendinopathy, the PD signal was visible while normal tendons with no abnormalities in B-mode were PD signal-free. CONCLUSION: We can speculate that PD could provide essential information about the healing process than the grayscale ultrasound.
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