Analysis of horse race videos to identify intra-race risk factors for fatal distal limb fracture

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-55

  Parkin, T D H ^a   Clegg, P D ^a   French, N P ^a   Proudman, C J ^a   Riggs, C M ^a   Singer, E R ^a   Webbon, P M ^b   Morgan, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Jockey Club   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal limb; Fractures; Race videos; Racing; Risk factors; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FRACTURE; HINDLIMB; HORSE; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SPORT INJURY; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HINDLIMB; HORSES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33645973285     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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