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Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse

Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace.


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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 (SDFT) 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-two horses with tendinopathy were included and ten healthy horses with no lameness and no ultrasonographic abnormalities used for comparison.
Results: In all horses with tendinopathy 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 greyscale ultrasound.

Key words: Horse, Power Doppler, SDFT, Tendinopathy


 
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Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace. Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse. Open Vet J. 2019; 9(4): 317-321. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7


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Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace. Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse. https://www.openveterinaryjournal.com/?mno=291117 [Access: December 06, 2024]. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7


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Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace. Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse. Open Vet J. 2019; 9(4): 317-321. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7



Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace. Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse. Open Vet J. (2019), [cited December 06, 2024]; 9(4): 317-321. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7



Harvard Style

Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace (2019) Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse. Open Vet J, 9 (4), 317-321. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7



Turabian Style

Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace. 2019. Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse. Open Veterinary Journal, 9 (4), 317-321. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7



Chicago Style

Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace. "Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse." Open Veterinary Journal 9 (2019), 317-321. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace. "Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse." Open Veterinary Journal 9.4 (2019), 317-321. Print. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Luca Lacitignola, Pasquale De Luca, Rossella Santovito, Antonio Crovace (2019) Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse. Open Veterinary Journal, 9 (4), 317-321. doi:10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7