• This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice focuses on Equine Sports Medicine and includes topics on: Lameness evaluation in the equine athlete; Diagnosis of soft tissue injury in the sport horse; Upper airway conditions affecting the equine athlete; Lower airway conditions affecting the equine athlete; Cardiac/Cardiovascular conditions affecting sport horses; Neck, back, and pelvic pain in sport horses; Neurologic conditions affecting the equine athlete; Metabolic diseases in the equine athlete; Muscle conditions affecting sport horses; Lyme disease in the sport horse; Management and rehabilitation of joint disease in sport horses; Regenerative medicine and rehabilitation for tendinous and ligamentous injuries in sport horses; and Chiropractic and manual therapies.

  • Preface: Equine Sports Medicine: Our Daily Challenge

    Lameness Evaluation of the Athletic Horse

    Diagnosis of Skeletal Injury in the Sport Horse

    Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Injury in the Sport Horse

    Neck, Back, and Pelvic Pain in Sport Horses

    Muscle Conditions Affecting Sport Horses

    Neurologic Conditions Affecting the Equine Athlete

    Endocrine Disorders of the Equine Athlete

    Borreliosis in Sport Horse Practice

    Management and Rehabilitation of Joint Disease in Sport Horses

    Regenerative Medicine and Rehabilitation for Tendinous and Ligamentous Injuries in Sport Horses

    Equine Manual Therapies in Sport Horse Practice

    Understanding the Basic Principles of Podiatry

    Cardiac/Cardiovascular Conditions Affecting Sport Horses

    Upper Airway Conditions Affecting the Equine Athlete

    Lower Airway Disease in the Athletic Horse

  • Jose M. Garcia-Lopez, VMD, DACVS, DACVSMR,

    Affiliations and expertise

    Director of Equine Sports Medicine , Associate Professor, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton Massachusetts

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