The Use of Remote Digital Motion Analysis to Assess Equine Lameness

The advent of the internet and new information technologies has given rise to the field of telemedicine, which enables professionals to evaluate and monitor health parame- ters at a distance1. this form of medicine is currently provided to human medical patients, formula-one race car drivers and astronauts (among others).

Remote medical service presents a variety of advantages to the equine practitioner.
These include:
1. Elimination of distance barriers
2. reduction in the need for accessory personnel
3. reduction in overall veterinary workload
4. Elimination of physical risk (danger) to veterinary personnel
5. reduction in veterinary evaluation time and expense
6. reduction in reporting turnaround time
7. increased accessibility to a centralized pool of medical expertise
8. ability to perform multiple evaluations within a short period of time