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This review synthesizes recent validation studies of automated lameness detection (ALD) technologies and evaluates their diagnostic performance, validation design, and practical implementation across dairy systems. Studies were screened for relevance by a single reviewer based on title, abstract, and full-text content. Included studies represented sensor-based, pressure-based, vision-based, and multimodal detection platforms, with reported accuracies ranging from approximately 70% to 98% depending on modality and environmental setting. Vision-based systems demonstrated strong performance in controlled conditions, whereas field-validated systems showed more moderate but potentially more generalizable accuracy. Pressure-based platforms reported high diagnostic discrimination via area under the curve (AUC) analysis but face infrastructural limitations in commercial settings. Risk-of-bias assessment indicated that controlled experimental studies without external validation may overestimate deployment performance. Despite technological advances, variability in validation protocols, lesion thresholds, and environmental robustness limits direct comparison across systems. 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