The effects of chiropractic, massage and phenylbutazone on spinal mechanical nociceptive thresholds in horses without clinical signs

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-20

  Sullivan, K A ^a   Hill, A E ^b   Haussler, K K ^b  

^a Valley Central High School   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Horse; Massage; Mechanical nociceptive thresholds; Phenylbutazone; Pressure algometry

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYLBUTAZONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BACK PAIN; BIOMECHANICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MASSAGE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PRESSURE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 40949092401     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516407X240456     Document Type: Article

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