Speed of sound measurements of the third metacarpal bone in young exercising thoroughbred racehorses

Bone

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Carstanjen, B ^a   Lepage, O M ^b   Hars, O ^c   Langlois, P ^d   Duboeuf, F ^e   Amory, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c Research Institute Havelhoehe (FIH)   (Germany)

^d Equine Clinic of Chantilly   (France)

^e EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; Exercise; Fatigue fracture; Horses; Speed of sound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AXIAL TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; EXERCISE; HORSE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS FRACTURE; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 0041331725     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(03)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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