Moment arms about the carpal and metacarpophalangeal joints for flexor and extensor muscles in equine forelimbs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-357

  Brown, Nicholas A T ^a   Pandy, Marcus G ^a   Buford, William L ^b   Kawcak, Christopher E ^c   McIlwraith, C Wayne ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CARPAL BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HORSE; JOINT FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; POTENTIOMETRY; ROTATION; STANDING; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; CARPAL BONES; FORELIMB; HORSES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0038386064     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.351     Document Type: Article

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