Equine Chiropractic: General Principles and Clinical Applications
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چکیده
Chiropractic techniques provide additional diagnostic and therapeutic approaches that may help equine practitioners to identify and treat select musculoskeletal disorders. Direct measures of chiropractic techniques in horses demonstrate substantial induced vertebral motion, usually beyond the normal range of segmental motion that occurs during locomotion. Future studies need to evaluate the long-term functional effects of chiropractic. Author’s address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-6401. © 2000 AAEP.
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