The application of a scintigraphic grading system to equine tibial stress fractures: 42 Cases

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 382-388

  Ramzan, P H L ^a   Newton, J R ^b   Shepherd, M C ^a   Head, M J ^a  

^a BEAUFORT COTTAGE STABLES   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grading; Horse; Lameness; Scintigraphy; Severity; Stress fracture; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HORSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; CLASSIFICATION; HORSE DISEASE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0242335222     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776014253     Document Type: Article

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