Use of kinetic gait analysis for detection, quantification, and differentiation of hind limb lameness and spinal ataxia in horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 644-651

  Ishihara, Akikazu ^a   Reed, Stephen M ^a   Rajala Schultz, Paivi J ^a   Robertson, James T ^a   Bertone, Alicia L ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BIOMECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 62949183470     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.5.644     Document Type: Article

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