Equine Sports Medicine

This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice focuses on Equine Sports Medicine and includes topics on: Lameness evaluation in the equine athlete; Diagnosis of soft tissue injury in the sport horse; Upper airway conditions affecting the equine athlete; Lower airway conditions affecting the equine athlete; Cardiac/Cardiovascular conditions affecting sport horses; Neck, back, and pelvic pain in sport horses; Neurologic conditions affecting the equine athlete; Metabolic diseases in the equine athlete; Muscle conditions affecting sport horses; Lyme disease in the sport horse; Management and rehabilitation of joint disease in sport horses; Regenerative medicine and rehabilitation for tendinous and ligamentous injuries in sport horses; and Chiropractic and manual therapies.

Table of Contents:
Preface: Equine Sports Medicine: Our Daily Challenge

Lameness Evaluation of the Athletic Horse

Diagnosis of Skeletal Injury in the Sport Horse

Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Injury in the Sport Horse

Neck, Back, and Pelvic Pain in Sport Horses

Muscle Conditions Affecting Sport Horses

Neurologic Conditions Affecting the Equine Athlete

Endocrine Disorders of the Equine Athlete

Borreliosis in Sport Horse Practice

Management and Rehabilitation of Joint Disease in Sport Horses

Regenerative Medicine and Rehabilitation for Tendinous and Ligamentous Injuries in Sport Horses

Equine Manual Therapies in Sport Horse Practice

Understanding the Basic Principles of Podiatry

Cardiac/Cardiovascular Conditions Affecting Sport Horses

Upper Airway Conditions Affecting the Equine Athlete

Lower Airway Disease in the Athletic Horse

 

Jose M. Garcia-Lopez, VMD, DACVS, DACVSMR, Director of Equine Sports Medicine , Associate Professor, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton Massachusetts