Kinematic detection of superior gait quality in young trotting warmbloods
作者:
W. Back,
A. Barneveld,
G. Bruin,
H.C. Schamhardt,
W. Hartman,
期刊:
Veterinary Quarterly
(Taylor Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue sup2
页码: 91-96
ISSN:0165-2176
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1080/01652176.1994.9694510
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
This study was conducted to identify objective criteria to select young horses with a good gait, which is a prerequisite for good performance in adult horses. The trot of 24 26‐month‐old Dutch Warmbloods, led on a loose shank, was subjectively scored by a judge and objectively assessed on a treadmill by using kinematic analysis equipment. It appeared that forelimb and hind limb stride and swing duration, scapula rotation, forelimb maximal fetlock extension, forelimb maximal retraction, hind limb maximal protraction, maximal stifle flexion, and maximal tarsal flexion significantly correlated with a generally accepted gait score in which length, suppleness, and strength are judged. Moreover, the ranking of the individual horses on the basis of gait quality according to their objectively measured kinematic variables was similar to the subjective ranking given by the judge. Thus, a complete picture was obtained of the variables in equine locomotion that determine the quality of the trot in warmbloods.
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