Three-dimensional motion pattern of the caudal lumbar and lumbosacral portions of the vertebral column of dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 544-552

  Benninger, Monika I ^a,b   Seiler, Gabriela S ^a,c   Robinson, Leanne E ^a   Ferguson, Stephen J ^a   Bonél, Harald M ^a   Busato, André R ^a   Lang, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Inselspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; BREED DIFFERENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE MOBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; BACK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION;

EID: 3042585343     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.544     Document Type: Article

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