Computer-assisted lameness diagnosis is now offered as a clinical tool in the Lameness Laboratory at the University of Missouri Veterinary Teaching Hospital . The technique combines a high-speed equine treadmill, multiple high-speed cameras, commercial motion capture computer hardware and custom-written data analysis software to detect and quantify lameness in the horse. We have been developing and testing the technique since 1998 using horses with natural and induced lameness conditions. Currently the technique is recommended only for lameness cases that, for a variety of reasons, are difficult to diagnose by conventional means.

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