Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of horses before and after treatment

Horses	Sex and breed	Diagnosis	AAEP lameness scale (before treatment)	AAEP lameness scale (after treatment)
1	Gelding, quarter horse	Middle-carpal joint arthrosis, severe cartilage erosions, and detachment on radial and third carpal bone, radial bone fragments	3	0
2	Male, thoroughbred	Severe cartilage damage to the metacarpal-phalangeal joint, joint space reduction, early signs of bone proliferation associated with degenerative osteoarthritis at early stage	3	0
3	Female, thoroughbred	Cartilage ulcer of the dorsomedial eminence of the first phalanx. Linear erosions of metacarpal condyles. Cartilage thinning	2	1

AAEP American Association of Equine Practitioners