Arena Ilaria, Signor Silvia, Mariella Jole, Lanci Aliai, Freccero Francesca, Castagnetti Castagnetti
Private practitioner, Ravenna, Italy.
Private practitioner, Bologna, Italy.
Vet Anim Sci. 2025 Aug 15;30:100495. doi: 10.1016/j.vas.2025.100495. eCollection 2025 Dec.
This paper describes the more frequent chiropractic alterations in healthy and sick foals. The assessment is performed through a motion palpation exam, which locates the hypomobile joints along the skeleton. The motion palpation exam allowed the identification of multiple hypomobile areas in neonatal foals. The sick foals presented a statistically significant higher number of hypomobile joints in the cervical, thoracic, lumbar regions and limbs compared to the healthy foals. The most frequent alterations in sick foals involved the atlantooccipital joint, C5-C6, T14-T15, L5-L6, the sacrococcygeal joint and the scapulohumeral joint. In both groups, high prevalence of alterations occurred at the cervical and sacroiliac joints. The results show that some regions can be highly stressed during the perinatal period, especially in sick foals. Possible explanations are discussed. Chiropractic evaluation and subsequent manipulation could be routinely used to improve neonatal health, especially in sick foals.
本文描述了健康和患病马驹中更常见的整脊改变。评估通过运动触诊检查进行，该检查可确定沿骨骼的活动减少的关节。运动触诊检查使我们能够识别新生马驹中的多个活动减少区域。与健康马驹相比，患病马驹在颈椎、胸椎、腰椎区域和四肢的活动减少关节数量在统计学上显著更多。患病马驹中最常见的改变涉及寰枕关节、C5-C6、T14-T15、L5-L6、骶尾关节和肩胛肱关节。在两组中，颈椎和骶髂关节的改变发生率都很高。结果表明，围产期某些区域可能承受高度压力，尤其是患病马驹。文中讨论了可能的解释。整脊评估及随后的手法治疗可常规用于改善新生马驹的健康状况，尤其是患病马驹。
