Diagnostic procedure for the verification of an assumed backproblem in the horse

Diagnostik bei Verdacht auf Rückenerkrankungen beim Pferd

Ranner W, Gerhards H

DOI: 10.21836/PEM20010305
Year: 2001
Volume: 17
Issue: 3
Pages: 225-232

Horses with an assumed backproblem should be examined according to a certain diagnostic procedure. Anamnesis, adspectation and most importantly palpation are the essential steps towards the secure diagnosis of a backproblem. Only reproducable and painful reactions or behavior can comment as clearly positive palpatory indications. Furthermore, since a chronic hindlimblameness can cause secundary painful backproblems, it is indispensible to examine the hindlimb with regard to a possible lameness. Otherwise, wrong diagnoses are likely.