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The Role of Scintigraphy in Poor Performance Evaluation
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NO, a nuclear scintigraphic examination is neither a substitute for a detailed clinical lameness examination nor for diagnostic analgesia. Scintigraphy is HUGELY IMPORTANT in evaluating racehorses with poor performance, but can be frustrating in sport horses (SHs). Scintigraphy is an enormously useful tool, is cost-effective when used with reasonable expectations and with proper case selection. Scintigraphy is an important ancillary imaging modality; it should not be viewed as an ‘answer machine’. Often clients expect a straightforward answer to a chronic, complex and multifaceted performance problem with a single pass of the gamma camera. Scintigraphy cannot give an answer to every lameness problem but provides useful and interesting clinical information. Negative scintigraphic examination can in itself provide a clinical direction by ruling out active bony remodelling. A dressage horse has a chronic obscure performance problem and a negative whole body bone scan would ensure a training intensity change could be done without exacerbating an existing bony lesion ...
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University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center, 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348, USA
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