Initial experiences with extracorporeal shock wave therapy for treatment of bone spavin in horses – part II

G. D. McCarroll; S. R. McClure

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1632735

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2002; 15(03): 184-186
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632735

Clinical Communication

Schattauer GmbH

Initial experiences with extracorporeal shock wave therapy for treatment of bone spavin in horses – part II

Authors

G. D. McCarroll

¹Interstate Equine Services, Inc., Goldsby, OK
S. R. McClure

²Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

Abstract

Summary

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has grown from the original use of treating urinary calculi into a mechanism to treat some specific orthopaedic diseases of humans and animals. This paper describes a group of horses with bone spavin treated with ESWT. Horses were treated with a high energy focused shock wave machine. Horses were examined for lameness pre-treatment and 12 weeks post-treatment. There was a decrease in the lameness of 80% (59/74) of the horses treated. ESWT provides a viable noninvasive mechanism of treating refractory bone spavin in the horse.

Keywords

Shockwave therapy - bone spavin

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