HELPS Word-studies. 2347 thlÃ­psis â properly, pressure (what constricts or rubs together), used of a narrow place that hems someone in; tribulation, especially internal pressure that causes someone to feel confined (restricted, without options).
Lameness is an abnormal gait or stance of an animal that is the result of dysfunction of the locomotor system. In the horse, it is most commonly caused by pain, but can be due to neurologic or mechanical dysfunction.Lameness is a common veterinary problem in racehorses, sport horses, and pleasure horses.he walk is often the best gait to evaluate foot placement. The trot is generally the best gait to localize the lameness to a particular leg, because it is a symmetrical gait where the front half of the horse and the back half move in unison.
Cows that match lameness Score 4 and 5 criteria are typically recognized as clinically lame by producers because of their abnormal gait (4,11). Lameness Score 3 is unique and was based upon a clinical estimate utilized by the first author to survey lameness within cow production or management groups.