Ellen Law

Ellen is working on her doctoral thesis on equine patellar ligament injuries and how best to diagnose them. Human athletes can suffer from something called ‘jumper's knee’ and the aim of Ellen's research is to investigate whether a similar condition exists in horses with chronic pain from the patellar ligaments and neighbouring structures. Her driving force is to increase the knowledge of orthopaedic suffering and imaging in horses in order to make more accurate diagnoses and in the long run increase horse welfare.

Ellen teaches both veterinary students in equine radiography, clinical rotations at the Diagnostic Imaging Unit at UDS, and supervises trainees in the European Specialist Training for Radiologists (ECVDI). She also frequently gives courses in automotive diagnostics for veterinarians.

Ellen currently works as part of Marie Rhodin's team researching equine biomechanics and movement analysis.

You can read more about it here: For a long animal life | Externwebben

Ellen worked for 10 years as an equine veterinarian at Specialisthästsjukhuset in Helsingborg, among other places, before deciding to specialise in diagnostic imaging. Her interest in research has always been there and she now feels fortunate to work with research and teaching on a daily basis.

1. E. Law, L. Wright, M. Uhlhorn, E. Hernlund, C. Nilemo, M. Rhodin (2024) Hypoechoic ultrasonographic findings in the patellar ligaments are common in riding and trotting horses in training (116 cases), Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound, Early view online version of record before inclusion in an issue
2. Sjöberg, E. Law, F. Södersten, O. V. Höglund and O. Wattle (2023): A preliminary investigation of the subcutaneous tissue reaction to a 3D printed polydioxanone device in horses, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 65:48
   
   
3. Wright, E. Hernlund, C.T. Fjordbakk, B. Ytreus, E. Law, M. Uhlhorn, M. Rhodin (2022): Patellar ligament desmopathy in the horse – a review and comparison to human patellar tendinopathy (‘Jumper’s knee’) Comparative Exercise Physiology, 19 (1) pp 27-39
   
   
4. Law Vad är din diagnos?- Fraktur av skallbasen på en häst (2019) Svensk Veterinärtidning
   
   
5. Law Vad är din diagnos?- Axial sesamoidit på en häst (2022) Svensk Veterinärtidning
   
   
6. Law, Söderqvist , C. Svanholm, S. Nautrup Olsen, S. & P.S. Leifsson (2013): Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy- Necropsy Study of 60 Danish Horses, Dansk Veterinærtidskrift, 96(2), pp 26-31

Abstracts

1. Law, F. Södersten, L. Wright, M. Uhlhorn, E. Hernlund, and M. Rhodin
   
   Patella Ligaments in Horses: a Correlative Ultrasonographic and Postmortem Study in Asymptomatic Horses. EVDI Congress, Athens 18^th-21^st of September 2024
   
   
2. Law, M. Uhlhorn, L. Wright, E. Hernlund, M. Rhodin Ultrasonographic Appearance of the Patella Ligaments in 58 Horses in Training. Swedish Veterinary Congress, 2021
   
   
3. Spörndly-Nees, L. Holm, U. Wiklund, E. Hernlund, E. Law, A. Jansson Anatomical differences in hooves of Standardbred trotters racing with and without shoes. ICEEP, 2022