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Unusual tendon injuries in sport horses

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Smith R.K.W.
In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 15, 2018
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By far the most common tendon injuries occur in the digital flexor tendons of the forelimbs due to either over-strain injury (because they are the highly loaded weightbearing tendons), or percutaneous trauma (because they are superficial and unprotected by other tissues). Therefore, unusual tendon injuries are those that affect either these tendons at unusual sites, other tendons, or where the nature of the pathology is unusual. Each of these categories will be discussed separately ...

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Smith, R. (2020) “Unusual tendon injuries in sport horses”, BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/beva/beva-annual-congress-birmingham-2018/unusual-tendon-injuries-sport-horses (Accessed: 12 September 2024).

Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication

The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, UK.

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  • R.K.W. Smith

    Smith R.K.W.

    Professor of Equine Orthopaedics
    MA, VetMB, PhD, DEO, Dipl. ECVSMR, Dipl. ECVS FRCVS
    Clinical Sciences and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London
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