Tendinopathy in Domestic Animals

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Summary: Tendinopathy of the superficial digital flexor tendon of the forelimb is one of the main causes of compromised performance in equine athletes. The flexor tendons of the horse store elastic energy and at the gallop are probably working very close to their strain limit. At mid-metacarpal level, biochemical, histologic, and ultrastructural changes in the central core are more obvious than they are in the periphery of the tendon and are likely evidence of cumulative microdamage. Progression results in suspicion or clinical evidence of tendinopathy, at which time ultrasonographic changes can be detected, allowing the possibility of exercise management before catastrophic injury. Many treatments have been proposed, but none has been shown to be consistently successful. Superficial digital flexor tendinopathy has many similarities to tendinopathy affecting the Achilles tendon of young human athletes.

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