Effect of head and neck position on vertical ground reaction forces and interlimb coordination in the dressage horse ridden at walk and trot on a treadmill

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.36, 2006, Pages 387-392

  Weishaupt, M A ^a   Wiestner, T ^a   von Peinen, K ^a   Waldern, N ^a   Roepstorff, L ^b   Van Weeren, R ^c   Meyer, H ^d   Johnston, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d not available   (Germany)

Author keywords

GRF; Horse; Kinetics; Limb loading; Rider interaction; Riding

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84878461193     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2006.tb05574.x     Document Type: Article

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