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Power Doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse
Luca Lacitignola1, Santovito Rossella1, De Luca Pasquale1
1Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e dei Trapianti di Organi (D.E.T.O.), Sezione di Cliniche Veterinarie e P.A, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", s.p. per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy.
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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