Design of a Robotic Equine Forelimb for Testing Load-Bearing Rehabilitative Devices
Because horses are animals of flight, bone fractures in the horses' limbs are quite common. When foals fracture a bone in their leg, the healthy leg is often compromised. During convalescence, the animal tends to overstress the healthy leg in an attempt to relieve the stress on the injured leg....
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31136 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02052003-101132/ |