title: Future tools for early diagnosis and monitoring of musculoskeletal injury: biomarkers and CT.
abstract: This article provides an overview of two relatively new techniques that can be used for the early detection of musculoskeletal injury: biochemical markers and CT. The emphasis in the biomarker section is on the early detection of joint disorders because these are most important clinically and most of the research has been conducted in this area. In the section on CT, bone is the target tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 114, NL-3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands. p.r.vanweeren@vet.uu.nl
authors.forename: P René
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: van Weeren
authors.forename: Elwyn C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Firth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006736:Horses; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers