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Tracy Crook

Description: racy Crook

Tracy was course director of the MSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy at the RVC. She is currently completing a PhD part time with the Structure and Motion Lab on the role of the equine hind limb muscles during locomotion.

Biography

Tracy qualified as a chartered physiotherapist in 1983, after which she worked in a variety of clinical settings in both the NHS and the Private Sector. After obtaining an MSc in Public Sector Management in 1989, Tracy spent a couple of years working at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospitals as a hospital manager.

Missing clinical practice, and having spent several years as an active Terratorial Army Officer, she became one of the first Physiotherapists to be directly commissioned into the armed forces in 1993, and served for three years as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

After leaving the army, Tracy returned to study for an MSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy at the Royal Veterinary College and subsequently was appointed as Course Director.

Tracy is married to Andrew and lives in Buckinghamshire with her two horses, dogs, Siamese cats and bunnies.

Research

Tracy is currently undertaking a PhD part time with the Structure and Motion Lab on the role of the equine hind limb muscles during locomotion.

Teaching

Tracy was course director of the MSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy at the RVC.

Selected Publications

CROOK TC, CRUICKSHANK SE, MCGOWAN CM, STUBBS N, WAKELING JM, WILSON AM, PAYNE RC. (2008) Comparative anatomy and muscle architecture of selected hind limb muscles in the Quarter Horse and Arab. J. Anat. 212: 144-52

 

 

 

 

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