Evaluation of increased subchondral bone density in areas of contact in the metacarpophalangeal joint during loading in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 816-821

  Easton, Katrina L ^a   Kawcak, Chris E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SESAMOID BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; FORELIMB; HORSES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34548244656     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.8.816     Document Type: Article

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