Influence of the load of a rider or of a region with increased stiffness on the equine back: A modelling study

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 703-705

  Peham, C ^a   Schobesberger, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Back; Horse; Load; Rider; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BACK; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HORSE; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MODEL; MUSCLE TONE; MYELOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; TORQUE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 11844277122     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044848091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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