Comparison of subjective scoring systems used to evaluate equine laminitis

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-177

  Vinuela Fernandez I ^a   Jones, E ^a   Chase Topping, M E ^b   Price, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Saint George's University Veterinary School   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Clinical grading system; Generalizability theory; Horses; Lameness; Obel score; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL GRADING SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; OBEL SCORE; OBSERVER BIAS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCORING SYSTEM; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79953778228     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Brennan R.L. Generalizability Theory 2001, Springer-Verlag, New York.
2. Herthel D., Hood D.M. Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and prognosis of chronic laminitis. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice 1999, 15:375-394.
3. Hielm-Björkman A.K., Kuusela E., Liman A., Markkola A., Saarto E., Huttunen P., Leppäluoto J., Tulamo R.-M., Raekallio M. Evaluation of methods for assessment of pain associated with chronic osteoarthritis in dogs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association 2003, 222:1552-1558.
4. Hinckley K.A., Henderson I.W. The epidemiology of equine laminitis in the UK. Proceedings of the 35th Congress of the British Equine Veterinary Association 1996, 62. Warwick, UK.
5. Holton L.L., Scott E.M., Nolan A.M., Reid J., Welsh E., Flaherty D. Comparison of three methods used for assessment of pain in dogs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 1998, 212:61-66.
6. Hood D.M., Wagner I.P., Taylor D.D., Brumbaugh G.W., Chaffin M.K. Voluntary limb-load distribution in horses with acute and chronic laminitis. American Journal of Veterinary Research 2001, 62:1393-1398.
7. Jones E., Viñuela-Fernandez I., Eager R.A., Delaney A., Anderson H., Patel A., Robertson D.C., Allchorne A., Sirinathsinghji E.C., Milne E.M., MacIntyre N., Shaw D.J., Waran N.K., Mayhew J., Fleetwood-Walker S.M. Neuropathic changes in equine laminitis pain. Pain 2007, 132:321-331.
8. Keegan K.G., Wilson D.A., Wilson D.J., Smith B., Gaugham E.M., Pleasant R.S., Lillich J.D., Kramer J., Howard R.D., Bacon-Miller C., Davis E.G., May K.A., Cheramie H.S., Valentino W.L., van Harreveld P.D. Evaluation of mild lameness in horses trotting on a treadmill by clinicians and interns or residents and correlation of their assessment with kinematic gait analysis. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1998, 59:1370-1377.
9. Keegan K.G., Arafat S., Skubic M., Wilson D.A., Kramer J. Detection of lameness and determination of the affected forelimb in horses by use of a continuous wavelet transformation and neural network classification of kinematic data. American Journal of Veterinary Research 2003, 64:1376-1381.
10. Lascelles B.D.X., Butterworth S.J., Waterman A.E. Postoperative analgesic and sedative effects of carprofen and pethidine in dogs. Veterinary Record 1994, 134:187-191.
11. McGuigan M.P., Walsh T.C., Pardoe C.H., Day P.S., Wilson A.M. Deep digital flexor tendon force and digital mechanics in normal ponies and ponies with rotation of the distal phalanx as a sequel to laminitis. Equine Veterinary Journal 2005, 37:161-165.
12. Obel, N., 1948. Studies on the Histopathology of Acute Laminitis. PhD Dissertation, Almqvist and Wiksells, Botryckeri, Uppsala, Sweden.
13. Owens J.G., Kamerling S.G., Stanton S.R., Keowen M.L. Effects of ketoprofen and phenylbutazone on chronic hoof pain and lameness in the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal 1995, 27:296-300.
14. Peham C., Licka T., Girtler D., Scheidl M. Supporting forelimb lameness: clinical judgment vs. computerised symmetry measurement. Equine Veterinary Journal 1999, 31:417-421.
15. Peloso J.G., Stick J.A., Soutas-Little R.W., Caron J.C., Decamp C.E., Leach D.H. Computer-assisted three-dimensional gait analysis of amphotericin-induced carpal lameness in horses. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1993, 54:1535-1543.
16. Pollitt C.C. Medical management of laminitis. Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse 2003, 329-331. W.B. Saunders, Missouri, USA.
17. Portney L.G., Watkins M.P. Foundations of Clinical Research; Application to Practice 2000, Julie Alexander, Upper Saddle River, USA.
18. Reitmann T.R., Stauffacher M., Bernasconi P., Auer J.A., Weishaupt M.A. The association between heart rate, heart rate variability, endocrine and behavioural pain measures in horses suffering from laminitis. Journal of Veterinary Medicine A 2004, 51:218-225.
19. Reid J., Nolan A.M. A comparison of the postoperative analgesic and sedative effects of flunixin and papaveretum in the dog. Journal of Small Animal Practice 1991, 32:603-608.
20. Robertson S.A. How do we know if they hurt? Pain assessment in small animals. Veterinary Medicine 2003, 98:70-79.
21. Rutherford K.M.D. Assessing pain in animals. Animal Welfare 2002, 11:31-53.
22. Schatzmann U. Practical analgesic treatment in horses. Animal Pain. A Practice-Oriented Approach to an Effective Pain Control in Animals 2000, 161-179. Van Der Wees, Utrecht, The Netherlands. L.J. Hellebrekers (Ed.).
23. Scott J., Huskisson E.C. Graphic representation of pain. Pain 1976, 2:175-184.
24. Silver I.A., Brown P.W., Goodship A.E., Lanyon L.E., McCullough K.G., Perry G.C., Williams I.F. A clinical and experimental study of tendon injury, healing and treatment in the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal Supplement 1983, 1:1-43.
25. Streiner D.L., Norman G.R. Health Measurement Scales: A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use 2008, Oxford University Press, New York, USA. fourth ed.
26. Swanson T.D. Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and prognosis of acute laminitis. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice 1999, 15:311-319.
27. Taylor D., Hood D.M., Wagner I.P. Short-term effect of therapeutic shoeing on severity of lameness in horses with chronic laminitis. American Journal of Veterinary Research 2002, 63:1629-1633.
28. Welsh E.M., Gettinby G., Nolan A.M. Comparison of a visual analogue scale and a numerical rating scale for assessment of lameness, using sheep as a model. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1993, 54:976-983.