Clinical assessment and grading of back pain in horses.

Abubakar Musa Mayaki Intan Shameha Abdul Razak Noraniza Mohd Adzahan Mazlina Mazlan Abdullah Rasedee

Published in: Journal of veterinary science (2021)

BP in horse can be differentiated by severity of pain response to back palpation, back muscle hypertonicity, thoracolumbar joint stiffness, physical dysfunctions and their cumulative grading score is useful in the assessment and categorization of BP in horses.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
physical activity
mental health
pain management
spinal cord injury
postoperative pain