Determination and use of mechanical nociceptive thresholds of the thoracic limb to assess pain associated with induced osteoarthritis of the middle carpal joint in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1167-1176

  Haussler, Kevin K ^a   Hill, Ashley E ^a   Frisbie, David D ^a   McIlwraith, C Wayne ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALGOMETRY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORSE; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNOVITIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; CARPUS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 36448994066     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.11.1167     Document Type: Article

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