Asymmetric densitometric and mechanical adaptation of the left fifth metacarpal bone in racing greyhounds

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 308-311

  Lipscomb, V J ^a   Lawes, T J ^b   Goodship, A E ^b   Muir, P ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; DOG; HINDLIMB; INJURY; METACARPAL BONE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RUNNING; STRESS FRACTURE; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DOGS; FRACTURES, STRESS; METACARPUS; RUNNING; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035836207     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.10.308     Document Type: Article

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