Physical Therapy and Massage for the HorsePresents a blend of basic biomechanics and practical physical therapeutic techniques that relieve pain and improve performance in the horse. |
Contents
Preface | 4 |
Treatment of lesions | 127 |
General points concerning | 133 |
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Physical Therapy and Massage for the Horse Jean-Marie Denoix,Jean-Pierre Pailloux No preview available - 1996 |
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abdominal muscles action Adduction athletic biceps biomechanical brachiocephalic carpus caudal femoral muscles cause cervical cervico-thoracic check ligament collateral ligaments Concentric contraction contracted unilaterally Contracture coxo-femoral cranial deep descending pectoral digital extensor distal dorsal dorso-lumbar effective electrotherapy enthesopathies Equine erector spinae exercise fetlock fibres Figure flex flexion forelimb gaits gluteal muscles hindlimb hock horse's incurvation insertion interphalangeal interspinous interspinous ligaments intervertebral joints knee lameness lateroflexion and rotation lengthening lesions ligamentary limb Location locomotion longissimus lumbar lumbo-sacral massage medial middle gluteal mobilization muscles involved muscular chains neck nuchal ligament oblique pain palpation paravertebral perforatus Physiotherapy problems proprioception propulsion proximal psoas quadriceps femoris re-education reflex region relaxation rider sacro-iliac scapula semitendinosus serratus session shoulder spine spinous processes stretching superficial digital flexor suppleness supraspinous ligament suspensory ligament technique tendinopathy tendon tension tensor fasciae latae therapeutic thoracic tissue tonus trapezius treat treatment Triceps brachii trot Ultrasound ventral vertebral column young horse