Objective- Evaluation of leg scoring as a method for hoof trimming neccesity. Design- Prospective randomised trial. Animals-  Hundred and sixty holstein dairy cows. Procedure- One hundred and fifty cows selected in a dairy farm in dry period 2-3 weeks before calving (stage one), all cows were photographed, right, left and overall scores (A three point scoring system, in which score one is fo...

BACKGROUND VEINES-QOL/Sym is a disease-specific quality of life instrument for use in venous diseases of the leg. Its relative scoring system precludes comparisons between studies. There were very few venous leg ulcer patients in the validation samples. We report a validation study for venous leg ulcers and develop a scoring system which enables comparison between studies. METHODS Four hundre...

BACKGROUND Periodic leg movements (PLM) during sleep (PLMS) are considered strongly related to restless legs syndrome (RLS), and are associated with polymorphisms in RLS risk genes. Various software for automatic analysis of PLMS are available, but only few of them have been validated. Aim of this study was to validate a leg movements count and analysis integrated in a commercially available po...

CONTEXT How athletes from different sports perform on balance tests is not well understood. When prescribing balance exercises to athletes in different sports, it may be important to recognize performance variations. OBJECTIVE To compare static and dynamic balance among collegiate athletes competing or training in soccer, basketball, and gymnastics. DESIGN A quasi-experimental, between-grou...

ObjectiveEvaluation of leg scoring as a method for hoof trimming neccesity. DesignProspective randomised trial. AnimalsHundred and sixty holstein dairy cows. ProcedureOne hundred and fifty cows selected in a dairy farm in dry period 2-3 weeks before calving (stage one), all cows were photographed, right, left and overall scores (A three point scoring system, in which score one is for normal cow...

A scoring system could be used in all situations where grading of deep leg vein thrombosis (DVT), including mapping of its distribution, is needed. It should also be used in epidemiological studies of DVT in further analysis of different risk groups suffering from DVT. Several scoring systems have been developed during the last three decades but have resulted in various complex and impractical ...

In general the importance of functional traits is increasing in all dairy cattle populations over the last decade. Beside udder and fertility problems claw and foot disorders are main involuntary culling reasons. Linear description of feet and leg traits in the frame of conformation scoring didn’t reduce claw and leg problems as expected. Therefore new ways of data recording should be establish...