title: Radiographic assessment of equine interphalangeal joints asymmetry: articular impact of phalangeal rotations (Part I).
abstract: This study is part of a work to develop a radiographic method that defines objectively the individual conformation of an equine digit and its appropriate trimming. The authors used isolated distal limbs on a rotation support to study the influence of induced foot rotations on several angles measured from specific radiographs. The results of this work enabled the authors to quantify the rotation of the proximal phalanx compared to the distal, and to determine exactly the possible rotation in the distal interphalangeal joint. It was also observed that, faced with a forced rotation of the foot, the digit responded by a hoof plastic deformity, a distal interphalangeal intra-articular rotation and asymmetrical interphalangeal compressions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Caudron
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grulke
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farnir
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aupaix
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Serteyn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001175:Arthrography / Q000662:veterinary*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D006614:Hindlimb; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007596:Joints / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement; D012399:Rotation; D014034:Toes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D016474:Weight-Bearing