Surface strains around the midshaft of the third metacarpal bone during turning

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 689-692

  Davies, H M S ^a   Merritt, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Horse; Strain; Third metacarpal bone; Turns

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; TORQUE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 11844269338     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044848109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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