Stress Radiography for the Diagnosis of Medial Glenohumeral Ligament Rupture in Canine Shoulders
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mathieu Harel; Mathieu Taroni; Juliette Sonet; Eric Viguier; Thibaut Cachon; Claude Carozzo; Véronique Livet
- Source
- Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T. 32(6)
- Subject
- Joint Instability
040301 veterinary sciences
Shoulders
Radiography
0403 veterinary science
Dogs
Cadaver
Forelimb
Medicine
Animals
Range of Motion, Articular
Orthodontics
Rupture
Reproducibility
General Veterinary
business.industry
Shoulder Joint
0402 animal and dairy science
Stress radiography
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Repeatability
040201 dairy & animal science
Biomechanical Phenomena
Glenohumeral ligaments
medicine.anatomical_structure
Goniometer
Ligaments, Articular
Animal Science and Zoology
Shoulder Injuries
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2567-6911
Objectives This study aimed to describe a stress radiography to detect medial glenohumeral ligament rupture and to investigate the repeatability and reproducibility of this test. Materials and Methods Six adult Beagle cadavers were used. Both shoulders of each dog were randomly assigned into two groups: a normal shoulder group (NS group) and an affected shoulder group (AS group) where the medial glenohumeral ligament was arthroscopically transected. Goniometry, image analysis and radiography (normal and stress views) were performed before and after arthroscopic procedures. An abduction angle was determined for each stress view and an evaluation of the repeatability and the reproducibility was performed. Results Abduction angles were significantly larger in the AS group as measured by goniometer (p Clinical Significance Shoulder abduction angles measured with a stress radiograph-specific view provide objective data that may contribute to diagnosis of medial shoulder instability in dogs.