Microstructural changes in cartilage and bone related to repetitive overloading in an equine athlete model

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 224, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 647-658

  Turley, Sean M ^a   Thambyah, Ashvin ^a   Riggs, Christopher M ^b   Firth, Elwyn C ^c   Broom, Neil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Veterinary Clinical Services Hong Kong Jockey Club Sha Tin Racecourse ^*  (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calcified cartilage; Equine athlete; Hyaline cartilage; MC3; Microdamage; Overload arthrosis; Repair; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CARTILAGE; EQUIDAE; HYALINE CARTILAGE; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FRACTURE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; METACARPAL BONES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 84900009201     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12177     Document Type: Article

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