Relationships between fore- and hindlimb ground reaction force and hoof deceleration patterns in trotting horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 737-742

  Gustas P ^a   Johnston, C ^a,c   Roepstorff, L ^a   Drevemo, S ^a   Lanshammar, H ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Equine Hospital Stromsholm   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Ground reaction force; Horse; Impact; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; FORCE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSE; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; SAND; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 11844301379     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164044848136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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