The response of bone, articular cartilage and tendon to exercise in the horse

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-526

  Firth, Elwyn C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Bone; Exercise; Growth; Horse; Tendon

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; HYALIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE LESION; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIPHYSIS; EXERCISE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRAINING; WATER CONTENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HORSES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; TENDONS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33645859891     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00547.x     Document Type: Review

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