In the Thoroughbred world, a sesamoid fracture can be disastrous if it involves significant damage to the ligaments that surround and secure the vulnerable bones at the back of the fetlock. (In ...

The difference in exercise history suggests there's a difference in how the two types of condylar fractures develop ...

In Elmont, a horse in the final race on Belmont Stakes day in 2023 suffered a shattered sesamoid bone and ruptured cartilage ... when hairline fractures and soft tissue damage can have no symptoms.

The bones of the big toe become slanted ... Many other kinds of trauma can cause pain around the MTP joint, such as a fracture (broken toe), which can happen from dropping something on the ...

Toe fracture: A broken bone (fracture ... and can be triggered by eating foods like shellfish and alcohol. Sesamoiditis: Sesamoid bones are small bones in tendons that aid movement, with two located ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed new technology to enhance clinical bone imaging and decrease osteoporotic ...

According to Lambert, fractures are not primarily a surface problem and fatalities are not the result of "taking a bad step." Condylar and sesamoid fractures are just the end point of a disease ...

New research could transform how broken bones are treated, with the development of a special zinc-based dissolvable material that could replace the metal plates and screws typically used to hold ...