Table 4 Literature on relative prevalence of osteochondrosis between physes
From: Computed tomographic development of physeal osteochondrosis in pigs
Study | Reiland, 1978 [3] | Hill et al., 1984 [10] | Hill et al., 1985 [11] | Current results | Order of closing according to Zeder et al., 2015 review [19] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
176 pigs | 60 pigs | 32 pigs | 18 pigs | |||
Breed | Swedish Landrace, Yorkshire and mixed | Purebred and crossbred | Crossbred | Norwegian Landrace | ||
Age | 3–18 months | 25–169 days | 1 day-old | 15 day-old | 70–180 days | |
Ranked by | Frequency and severity | Frequency | Frequency | Frequency | Frequency at start + developed during study | |
Rank | 1. Distal ulna 2. Distal femur 3. Costochondral junctions 4. Femoral head 5. Humeral head 6. Ischiatic tuberosity 7.Thoraco-lumbar vertebrae | 1. Proximal femur 2. Proximal humerus 3. Distal femur 4. Distal humerus 5. Rib 8 6. Distal ulna 7. Proximal tibia 8. Distal radius 9. Rib 7 10. Distal tibia 11. Proximal ulna 12. Rib 6 13. Rib 5 14. Ischial tuberosity 15. Distal fibula and proximal radius | 1. Proximal humerus 2. Proximal tibia 3. Distal femur 4. Distal ulna 5. Distal radius and proximal femur 6. Distal humerus, proximal radius, proximal ulna, distal tibia and ischial tuberosity all 0 lesions | 1. Proximal and distal humerus 2. Distal femur 3. Proximal tibia 4. Proximal femur 5. Distal radius 6. Proximal radius, proximal and distal ulna, distal tibia and ischial tuberosity all 0 lesions | 1. Distal femur 2. Distal ulna 3. Proximal humerus 4. Proximal tibia 5. Proximal femur 6. Distal fibula 7. Distal humerus 8. Distal scapula, distal radius, distal tibia 9. Proximal radius 10. Proximal fibula 11. Proximal ulna | 1. Axis 2. Atlas 3. Pelvis 4. Scapula 5. Proximal radius 6. 2nd phalanx 7. Distal humerus 8. 1st phalanx 9. Distal tibia 10. Metatarsal 11. Metacarpal 12. Distal fibula 13. Calcaneum 14. Proximal femur 15. Distal radius 16. Proximal ulna 17. Distal femur 18. Proximal tibia 19. Distal ulna 20. Proximal fibula 21. Proximal humerus |
Lesions more common in proximal or distal physis | Relative contribution to growth according to Payton, 1932 [22] | |||||
Humerus | N/a | Proximal > distal | Proximal > distal | Proximal = distal | Proximal > distal | Proximal > distal |
Radius | N/a | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal |
Ulna | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal | 0 lesions | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal |
Femur | Distal > proximal | Proximal > distal | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal | Distal > proximal |
Tibia | N/a | Proximal > distal | Proximal > distal | Proximal > distal | Proximal > distal | Proximal > distal |
Fibula | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | Distal > proximal | Proximal > distal |