Racing-related factors and results of prerace physical inspection and their association with musculoskeletal injuries incurred in Thoroughbreds during races

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 454-463

  Cohen, Noah D ^a   Peloso, John G ^a,c   Mundy, George D ^b   Fisher, Mitzi ^b   Holland, Robert E ^b   Little, Thomas V ^b,d   Misheff, Martha M ^b,e   Watkins, Jeffrey P ^a   Honnas, Clifford M ^a   Moyer, William ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kentucky Racing Commission   (United States)

^c Equine Services Surgical Hospital   (United States)

^d Equine Med Associates   (United States)

^e DUBAI EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSE; INJURY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSES; KENTUCKY; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SPORTS;

EID: 0031571242     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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