A case-control study of factors associated with pelvic and tibial stress fractures in Thoroughbred racehorses in training in the UK

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-35

  Verheyen, K L P ^a   Newton, J R ^a   Price, J S ^b   Wood, J L N ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horse; Pelvis; Stress fracture; Thoroughbred; Tibia; Training

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; PELVIC GIRDLE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FRACTURES, STRESS; HORSES; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PELVIC BONES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33646014486     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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