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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2002; 15(03): 184-186
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632735
Clinical Communication
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Initial experiences with extracorporeal shock wave therapy for treatment of bone spavin in horses – part II

G. D. McCarroll
1   Interstate Equine Services, Inc., Goldsby, OK
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S. R. McClure
2   Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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Received 29 August 2001

Accepted 03 March 2002

Publication Date:
08 February 2018 (online)

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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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