Comparison of pressure plate and force plate gait kinetics in sound Warmbloods at walk and trot

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-351

  Oosterlinck, Maarten ^a   Pille, Frederik ^a   Huppes, Tsjester ^b   Gasthuys, Frank ^a   Back, Willem ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Force plate; Gait analysis; Horse; Pressure plate; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE PLATE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HORSE; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE PLATE; RELIABILITY; STANDING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSES; KINETICS; PRESSURE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 78649722479     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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