Use of a pressure plate to analyse the toe-heel load redistribution underneath a normal shoe and a shoe with a wide toe in sound warmblood horses at the walk and trot

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1026-1031

  Oomen, A M ^a   Oosterlinck, M ^b   Pille, F ^b   Sonneveld, D C ^a   Gasthuys, F ^b   Back, W ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Horse; Pressure distribution; Pressure plate; Shoeing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTACT STRESS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HEEL; HORSE; MARE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE PLATE; SHOE; TOE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HORSES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SHOES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84863084069     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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