Incidence rate of musculoskeletal injuries and determinants of time to recovery in young Australian Thoroughbred racehorses

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 473-480

  Cogger, N ^a,c   Evans, Dl ^a   Hodgson, Dr ^a   Reid, Sw ^b   Perkins, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age; Musculoskeletal injury; Performance; Racehorses; Thoroughbreds; Training

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HORSE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HORSES; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 54949105132     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2008.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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