Validity of goniometric joint measurements in cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 822-826

  Jaeger, Gayle H ^a   Marcellin Little, Denis J ^b   DePuy, Venita ^c   Lascelles, B Duncan X ^b  

^a California Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYNEOS HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CATS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; VALGUS;

EID: 34548254544     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.8.822     Document Type: Article

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