Intra-articular pressure, elastance and range of motion in healthy and injured racehorse metacarpophalangeal joints

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 520-527

  Strand, E ^a,b   Martin, G S ^a   Crawford, M P ^a   Kamerling, S G ^a   Burba, D J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capsulitis; Horse; Intra articular pressure; Joint elastance; Joint range of motion; Osteoarthritis; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; ELASTICITY; FORELIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INJURY; JOINT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METACARPAL BONE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SYNOVITIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROGRAPHY; BURSITIS; ELASTICITY; FORELIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINTS; METACARPUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0032201228     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1998.tb04528.x     Document Type: Article

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