Supporting forelimb lameness: Clinical judgement vs. computerised symmetry measurement

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 417-421

  Peham, C ^a   Licka, Theresia ^a   Girtler, D ^a   Scheidl, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fourier analysis; Horse; Lameness; Motion analysis; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAIT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAIT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE;

EID: 0033193130     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1999.tb03842.x     Document Type: Article

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