Essentials of Clinical Anatomy of the Equine Locomotor System

Jean-Marie Denoix graduated from the Veterinary School of Lyon (France, 1977). Agrégé in Veterinary Anatomy (1983), he defended a PhD thesis in Biomechanics (1987). In 1988 he moved to the Veterinary School of Alfort and became professor of Anatomy, head of the equine clinical unit (until 2005) and head of a research unit devoted to Biomechanics and Pathology of the locomotor system in horses (until 2003). He became head of CIRALE (Center of Imaging and Research in Equine Locomotor Pathology in Horses) in 1999. Since 2006 he is President of the ISELP (International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology), large animal imaging associate of the ECVDI since 2010, and President of the ALAPILE (South American Association) since 2012. In 2013 he became Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sport Medicine and Rehabilitation (ACVSMR) and is a founding Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Sport Medicine and Rehabilitation (ECVSMR).