Description
This highly illustrated and comprehensive new book discusses all
aspects of equine locomotion and gait analysis. Explains all technical
details in straight-forward, easy-to-understand terms and includes over
400 illustrations. It includes the latest research on everything from
modelling to shoeing.
Audience
Equine Veterinarians mixed practice veterinarians, equine orthopaedic vet specialists, equine anatomists.
Contents
Preface
R. McNeill Alexander
Glossary
Nancy M. Deuel
Chapter 1: History of Locomotor Research
P. René van
Weeren
Chapter 2: Initiation of Gait
Albert Gramsbergen
Chapter 3: Measurement Techniques for Gait Analysis
Hilary
M. Clayton and Henk C. Schamhardt
Chapter 4: Inter-limb Coordination
Eric Barrey
Chapter 5: Intra-limb Coordination: the Forelimb & the Hind Limb
Willem Back
Chapter 6: The Role of the Hoof and Shoeing
Willem Back
Chapter 7: The Neck
and Back
Jean Marie Denoix
Chapter 8: Performance in Equestrian Sports
Hilary M. Clayton
Chapter 9: Locomotor Effects
on the Musculoskeletal Tissues
Allen Goodship
Chapter 10: Gait Adaptation in Lameness
Florian Buchner
Chapter 11:
The Effects of Conformation
Mikael Holmström
Chapter 12: Hereditary Aspects of the Musculoskeletal System
Albert Barneveld
Chapter
13: Mechanical Energetics of Locomotion
Liduin S. Meershoek and Ton vd Bogert
Chapter 14: Metabolic Energetics of Locomotion
Mathew
Gerard and David Hodgson
Chapter 15: Scaled Energetics of Locomotion
At L. Hof
Chapter 16: Modelling of Locomotion
Adam
Arabian and Hilary Clayton