Basic kinematics of the saddle and rider in high-level dressage horses trotting on a treadmill

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-284

  Bystrom A ^a   Rhodin, M ^a   von Peinen, K ^b   Weishaupt, M A ^b   Roepstorff, L ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collected trot; Equestrian dressage; Horse; Kinematics; Rider; Saddle

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; HORSES;

EID: 67549093522     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516409X394454     Document Type: Article

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