An objective method for evaluating the flexibility of the back of standing horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 412-415

  Licka, Theresia ^a   Peham, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Back; Extension; Flexion; Horse; Motion analysis

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE;

ANIMALS; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINE;

EID: 0032160241     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1998.tb04511.x     Document Type: Article

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