Tendon structure changes after maximal exercise in the Thoroughbred horse: Use of ultrasound tissue characterisation to detect in vivo tendon response

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-342

  Docking, S I ^a   Daffy, J ^b   van Schie, H T M ^c   Cook, J L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise; Horse; Tendon; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOPATTERN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPERFICIAL DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84872394106     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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