Risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries in 2-year-old Thoroughbred racehorses

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-43

  Cogger, N ^a   Perkins, N ^b   Hodgson, D R ^a   Reid, S W J ^c   Evans, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Exercise; Horse; Musculoskeletal injury; Training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HORSES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33646183332     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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