Methodology and validity of assessing kinematics of the thoracolumbar vertebral column in horses on the basis of skin-fixated markers

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-306

  Faber, Marjan ^a   Schamhardt, Henk ^a   Van Weeren, René ^a   Barneveld, Ab ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HORSE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SACRUM; SPINE; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HORSES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ROTATION; SACRUM; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0035286794     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.301     Document Type: Article

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