Association between race history and risk of superficial digital flexor tendon injury in Thoroughbred racehorses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-93

  Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Kasashima, Yoshinori ^a   Ueno, Yoshiharu ^b  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HORSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDON INJURY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; TENDON INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 3042847048     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.90     Document Type: Article

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