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Evaluating heel support on a tracing of a lateral radiograph. The "x" indicates the center of the coffin joint (a point along the curvature of the joint midway between the most proximal aspects of the extensor process and the dorsal articular surface of the navicular bone). A vertical line is drawn down from this point to intersect with the shoe. At least 40% of the shoe's length should be behind this line.
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... evaluate heel support, a vertical line is extended down from the center of the coffin joint to intersect with the shoe (Fig 2). The center of the coffin joint is determined to be the point midway along the curvature of the distal interphalangeal joint, between the proximal extent of PIII's extensor process and the proximal extent of the dorsal articular surface of the navicular bone. ...
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... rather than drawing a circle over the coffin joint to determine its center, we sim- ply select a point along the curvature of the coffin joint that is equidistant between the most proximal aspects of the extensor process and the dorsal artic- ular surface of the navicular bone. We then drop a vertical line from that point to the ground surface (Fig. 2). Using this method, we consider heel sup- port to be adequate in most horses when no more than 60% of the shoe is in front of this line and no less than 40% of the shoe is behind this line (i.e., 60:40). A common concern among owners and some farriers is that the horse is more likely to loosen or pull off a shoe if the shoe extends ...
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