Orthopaedic health status of horses from 8 riding schools - a pilot study

Table 1 Distribution of findings for movement evaluation, conformation, palpation, including hoof inspection, and flexion tests in a study of 8 Swedish riding schools with 99 horses examined during 2006, the maximal numbers of horses in each category is found at the bottom row

		Total	All with remark	Ins. Cat.¹ (%)		Ins. Cat. and riding school (%)								Examiner (%)		Season (%)
		No.	No.	HIU¹	LIU¹	HIU				LIU				CJ	LR	Spring	Autumn
Movement	Walk	99	13	6	17	11	10	0	0	35	0	6	14	17	7	20	6
evaluation	Straight trot	99	52	44	57	22	30	0	85	61	62	61	43	62	39	62	43
	Trot to the left	99	66	67	67	67	50	75	77	70	88	56	64	72	59	70	63
	Trot to the right	99	66	69	65	67	50	75	85	83	62	39	71	78	51	80	53
	Canter to the left	99	44	31	52	44	40	50	8	57	75	44	43	45	44	40	49
	Canter to the right	99	40	28	48	44	20	50	15	61	62	39	29	43	37	40	41
Conformation	Neck	95	12	9	15	0	20	0	8	10	43	17	7	13	12	9	17
	Back	99	17	14	19	0	20	25	15	26	25	0	29	24	7	24	10
	Left fore limb	95	62	69	63	67	80	100	50	70	50	61	64	61	71	63	67
	Right fore limb	95	65	77	63	78	80	100	67	60	75	61	64	65	73	63	73
	Left hind limb	95	27	37	23	33	40	0	50	45	12	17	7	31	24	35	22
	Right hind limb	95	25	31	23	33	40	0	33	45	12	17	7	28	24	30	22
Palpation	Brachiocephalicus	95	55	66	53	78	70	50	58	55	62	44	57	57	59	57	59
	Back²	95	53	51	58	67	30	75	50	55	62	61	57	56	56	54	57
	Saddle area	95	44	46	47	33	30	25	75	45	88	22	57	61	27	57	37
	Fore limbs	95	35	29	42	11	30	5	33	65	50	17	36	48	22	48	27
	Fore limb susp. lig.³	95	44	43	48	56	30	25	50	55	37	39	57	52	39	54	39
	Hind limbs	95	63	74	62	67	90	100	58	80	75	39	57	69	63	67	65
	Hind limb susp. lig.	95	21	3	33	0	0	0	8	65	37	6	21	37	2	39	8
	Hooves	95	52	49	58	56	30	25	67	65	37	67	50	57	51	61	49
Flexion tests	Fore limbs	95	46	46	50	56	40	25	50	50	50	61	36	46	51	46	51
	Hind limbs	95	61	51	72	56	20	75	67	85	75	67	57	72	54	72	57
	Maximal no. horses	99	99	36	63	9	10	4	13	23	8	18	14	58	41	50	49

¹ Ins. Cat.- insurance category, HIU- high insurance utilisation, LIU- low insurance utilisation; ² the back without the saddle area; ³ suspensory ligaments

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