A case-crossover study of intensive racing and training schedules and risk of catastrophic musculoskeletal injury and lay-up in California Thoroughbred racehorses

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 159-170

  Estberg, Leah ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^b   Stover, Susan M ^b   Johnson, Bill J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case crossover; Exercise; Horse; Musculoskeletal injury

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HORSE; INJURY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING;

EID: 0031606793     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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