There are many ways to classify the causes of lameness; these include:Bones-Joints-Ligaments, Clinical History, Neurological, Diseases of Muscle, Infectious, Immune-Mediated, Congenital, Nutritional & Metabolic, Breed-Specific, Chondrodyplastic-Related.
This page will represent an index of these classifications and will also contain links from some of these to pertinent discussions on this and on other web sites. For starters, Bones-Joints-Ligaments table is included here
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| Trauma | Trauma | Trauma, Fracture, Luxations | Trauma, | |||
| Radial/Ulna Dysplasia | Spondylosis Deformans | Spondylosis Deformans | ||||
| Epipholysis of Femoral Head | Diskospondylitis | Radial/Ulna Dysplasia* | ||||
| Multiple Cartilagenous Exostosis | Multiple Cartilagenous Exostosis | |||||
| Panosteitis | Panosteitis | Neoplasia | ||||
| Retained Cartilagenous Core | ||||||
| Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy | Hypertrophic Osteopathy | |||||
| Neosporum Caninum |
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| Toxoplasmosa Ghondi |
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| Hindlimb | ||||||
| HIP | HIP | HIP | HIP | |||
| Dysplasia | Dysplasia/Degenerative Joint Disease | Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease | Degenerative Joint Disease (Arthritis) | |||
| Luxation | Luxation | Luxation | Luxation | |||
| Stifle (Knee) | Stifle (Knee) | Stifle (Knee) | Stifle (Knee) | |||
| Osteochondrosis | Degenerative Joint Disease | Degenerative Joint Disease (Arthritis) | ||||
| Patellar (Knee) Luxation | Anterior Cruciate Ligment Avulsion | Anterior Cruciate Ligament Avulsion | Anterior Cruciate Ligament Avulsion | |||
| Tendon (Long Digital Extensor) Avulsion | Patella (kneecap) Luxation | Patella Luxation | Patella Luxation | |||
| Anterior or Posterior Cruciate Ligament Avulsion | Luxation of Long Digital Extensor Tendon | Inflammatory Joint Disease | ||||
| Deformity due to Premature Closure of Growth Plate | Neoplasia | |||||
| Tibial Crest Luxation | Panosteitis* | |||||
| Tarsus (Ankle) | Tarsus (Ankle) | Tarsus (Ankle) | Tarsus (Ankle) | |||
| Deformity du to Premature Closure of Growth Plate | Avulsion of Gastocnemius (Achilles) Tendon | Deformity due to Premature Closure of Growth Plate (Physis) | Avulsion of Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon | |||
| Slipped Gastrocnemius (Achilles) Tendon | Luxation of Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon | Degenerative Joint Disease (Arthritis) | ||||
| Osteochondrosis | Degenerative Joint Disease | Inflammatory Joint Disease | ||||
| Forelimb | ||||||
| Shoulder | Shoulder | Shoulder | Shoulder | |||
| Osteochondrosis | Bicipital Tenosynovitis | Luxation/Subluxation of Shoulder | Luxation/Sublation of Shoulder | |||
| Luxation | Calcification of the Supraspinatous Tendon | Inflammatory Joint Disease | ||||
| Avulsion of Supraglenoid Tubercle (Boney part of Shoulder) | Contraction of Infraspinatus or the Supraspinatus Tendon | Degenerative Joint Disease | ||||
| Hypothyroidism | Neoplasia | |||||
| Elbow | Elbow | Elbow | Elbow | |||
| Osteochondrosis | Ununited Medial Epicondyle | Ununited Aconeal Process * | ||||
| Ununited Aconeal Process | Degenerative Joint Disease | Elbow Incongruity* | ||||
| Fragmented Coronoid Process | Inflammatory Joint Disease | |||||
| Ununited Medial Epicondyle | ||||||
| Retained Cartilagenous Core | ||||||
| Growth Plate ("physis") Trauma | ||||||
| Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy | ||||||
| * Refers primarily to Chondrodystrophic breeds...e.g.Dachshund, Corgi | ||||||
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