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The Tendonitis Flexor tendon Superficial Finger (FSO) and desmitis the suspensory ligament of the fetlock represent the majority of tendon pathologies racehorse and sports, reduces performance, may require very long periods of rest and predisposes to relapses.
The evaluation of tendon structures is conventionally carried out using ultrasound which is the "Gold Standard" of the ligament and tendon imaging. But this presents qualitative limits on the evaluation of subtle lesions and scar tendon because small entities (fibrils and cells) generate interference and only significant structures (secondary tendon bundles) generate reflections (ultrasound images).
UTC is based on the close relationship between the sonographic patterns and histological dynamic 3-D structures of collagen matrices with tendon histomorphology (van Schie et al 2003). The UTC has shown strong reliability and reproducibility of scarring and subtle lesions. (Vanschie et al. 2010).
The UTC provides more accurate information than conventional ultrasound, eg "gold standard" of the tendon and ligament imaging, on the healing of tendonitis and desmites and on the detection of early tendonitis.
 The validation of this model will allow to determine the future
- The timing of the return to progressive exercise
- The timing of the return to intensive exercise.
- Early detection of tendonitis.
Bibliography
Vanschie et al. 2003. Computorizedultrasonographic tissue characterization of equine SDFTby moyen de stability quantification of echo patterns in contiguous transverse ultrasonographic images. AJVR. 64, 366-375.

The clinic has 7 portable endoscopes, of which some can acquire and stock video for purchase exams or public sales. In the clinic we have a video-endoscopy and a video-gastroscopy system, both of them on a big screen. We also have a pediatric endoscope with a diameter of less than 4 mm. This allows us to go and see the airways, the guttural pouches, the sinuses, the uterus, the esophagus and the stomachs.

Some respiratory problems are not only produced because of an intense physical exertion or in conditions while riding on the track. Our classical examinations and even the conveyer belt are then very effective. We use then an endoscope that is fixed on the horse no matter what his discipline is and who is registering his positions of the device laryngeal-pharyngeal during this period. This way we are able to clarify much better the pathologies of a physical exertion. This examination can be done at your house or on the track of our partners in the neighborhood.

All the vehicles are equipped with simple ultrasound imaging of the gynecology type. We also have 5 ultrasound imaging of high quality that can investigate the tendons, ligaments and abdomen). More complex examinations that need a Doppler system (echocardiography) can also be done in the clinic or at home.

The clinic uses this technology since more than 15 years (we were the first in France to use it) as a help to the diagnosis namely during orthopedic problems.

We work with different partners to make it possible to examine a horse on the track nearby, whether it is for the evaluation of its locomotion, to evaluate its resistance to the physical exertion or more often for the dynamic endoscopies. We have access to the racetrack of Meslay du Maine on request. The racetrack is located a few meters away from the clinic.