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<p>List of Contributors ix</p> <p>1 The Normal Anatomy of the Neck 1<br /><i>David Bainbridge</i></p> <p>2 The Normal Anatomy of the Osseous and Soft Tissue Structures of the Back and Pelvis 9<br /><i>Leo B. Jeffcott, Jessica A. Kidd and David Bainbridge</i></p> <p>2.1 Normal Anatomy of the Osseous Structures 9</p> <p>2.2 Normal Anatomy of the Soft Tissue Structures of the Back 21</p> <p>2.3 Normal Anatomy of the Soft Tissue Structures of the Pelvis 30</p> <p>3 The Normal Anatomy of the Nervous System 39<br /><i>Constanze Fintl</i></p> <p>4 Kinematics 49<br /><i>Rene van Weeren</i></p> <p>5 Neurological Examination of the Back and Pelvis 73<br /><i>Constanze Fintl</i></p> <p>6 Clinical Examination 81<br /><i>Graham A. Munroe</i></p> <p>7 Radiography of the Cervical Spine 95<br /><i>Marianna Biggi, Gabriel Manso-Díaz and Renate Weller</i></p> <p>8 Radiography of the Back 107<br /><i>Frances M.D. Henson</i></p> <p>9 Nuclear Scintigraphy and Computed Tomography of the Neck, Back and Pelvis 121<br /><i>Sarah Powell</i></p> <p>10 Ultrasonography 143<br /><i>Mary Beth Whitcomb, Luis P. Lamas and Marcus Head</i></p> <p>10.1 Ultrasonography of the Thoracic Spine 143</p> <p>10.2 Ultrasonography of the Pelvis, Lumbar Spine and SacroIliac Region 149</p> <p>11 Thermography 165<br /><i>Tracy Turner</i></p> <p>12 Neck Pathology 175<br /><i>Richard Hepburn</i></p> <p>13 Back Pathology 195<br /><i>Adam Driver, Frances M.D. Henson, Jessica A. Kidd, Luis P. Lamas and Rob Pilsworth</i></p> <p>13.1 Traumatic damage 195</p> <p>13.2 Over Riding Dorsal Spinous Processes (‘Kissing Spines’) 208</p> <p>13.3 Miscellaneous Osseous Pathology 216</p> <p>13.4 Pathology of the Supraspinous and Dorsal Sacroiliac Ligaments 224</p> <p>14 Sacroiliac Dysfunction 239<br /><i>Leo B. Jeffcott</i></p> <p>15 Muscular Disorders 249<br /><i>Richard J. Piercy and Renate Weller</i></p> <p>16 Integrative and Physical Therapies 265<br /><i>Joyce Harman and Mimi Porter</i></p> <p>16.1 Integrative Therapies 265</p> <p>16.2 Physical Therapies 278</p> <p>17 Rehabilitation 283<br /><i>Mary Bromiley</i></p> <p>Index 297</p>

<p> <strong>Frances M.D. Henson</strong> is a Senior Lecturer in Equine Studies and Head of the Comparative Musculoskeletal Biology Group at the University of Cambridge, UK. Specialising in horses with back problems and poor performance, she takes referral cases from all over the country, and lectures to other equine veterinary surgeons on the back. Dr Henson is a RCVS Specialist in Equine Surgery (Orthopaedics).

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