Assessment of the reliability of a technique to measure postural sway in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1354-1359

  Clayton, Hilary M ^a   Bialski, David E ^a,b   Lanovaz, Joel L ^a,c   Mullineaux, David R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Queen's University ^*  (Brazil)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; KINEMATICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; POSTURE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0242607835     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.1354     Document Type: Article

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