Feature | Score | Horse No. 1 | Horse No. 2 | Horse No. 3 | Mean ± SE | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R | L | R | L | R | L | R | L | |||
Surface | Smooth/continuous | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 ± 1.0 | 1.0 ± 1.0 |
Discontinuities/irregulatrity | 0 | |||||||||
Matrix | Hyaline | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 ± 0.6 | 0.3 ± 0.3 |
Mixture; hyaline/fibrocartilage | 2 | |||||||||
Fibrocartilage | 1 | |||||||||
Fibrous tissue | 0 | |||||||||
Cell distribution | Columnar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 ± 0.3 | 0.3 ± 0.3 |
Mixed/columnar clusters | 2 | |||||||||
Clusters | 1 | |||||||||
Individual cells/disorganized | 0 | |||||||||
Viability of cell population | Predominantly viable | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 ± 0.0 | 2.3 ± 0.7 |
Partially viable | 1 | |||||||||
< 10% viable | 0 | |||||||||
Subchondral bone | Normal | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 ± 0.3 | 1.3 ± 0.3 |
Increased remodeling | 2 | |||||||||
Bone necrosis/granulation tissue | 1 | |||||||||
Detached/fracture/callus at base | 0 | |||||||||
Cartilage mineralization (calcified cartilage) | Normal | 3 | 0- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
Abnormal/inappropriate location | 0 | |||||||||
Average (0–3) | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.33 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.4 |