Mechanical loading of the distal end of the third metacarpal bone in horses during walking and trotting

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 508-514

  Merritt, Jonathan S ^a,b   Pandy, Marcus G ^a   Brown, Nicholas A T ^c,d   Burvill, Colin R ^a   Kawcak, Christopher E ^c   McIlwraith, C Wayne ^c   Davies, Helen M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FORELIMB; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HORSE; KINEMATICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PHALANX; SESAMOID BONE; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTY; TORSION; WALKING; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; HORSES; METACARPAL BONES; POSTURE; RUNNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77953077852     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.71.5.508     Document Type: Article

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