RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF EQUINE INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS ASYMMETRY - ARTICULAR IMPACT OF PHALANGEAL ROTATIONS (PART I)

This study is part of a work to develop a radiographic method that def ines objectively the individual conformation of an equine digit and it s appropriate trimming. The authors used isolated distal limbs on a ro tation support to study the influence of induced foot rotations on sev eral angles measured from specific radiographs. The results of this wo rk enabled the authors to quantify the rotation of the proximal phalan x compared to the distal, and to determine exactly the possible relati on in the distal interphalangeal joint. It was also observed that, fac ed with a forced rotation of the foot, the digit responded by a hoof p lastic deformity, a distal interphalangeal intra-articular relation an d asymmetrical interphalangeal compressions.