Effects of athletic taping of the fetlock on distal limb mechanics

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 764-768

  Ramon T ^a   Prades, M ^b   Armengou, L ^b   Lanovaz, J L ^c,d   Mullineaux, D R ^c   Clayton, H M ^c  

^a Universitat Autònoma ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athletic taping; Horse; Kinematics; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FORCE; HORSE; JOINT; KINEMATICS; LIMB; NONHUMAN; STANDING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 11844302938     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044848127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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