PMID- 9354295
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19980115
LR  - 20191102
IP  - 23
DP  - 1997 May
TI  - Comparison of stride characteristics in a cantering horse on a flat and inclined 
      treadmill.
PG  - 76-9
AB  - The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was any difference in 
      the stride characteristics between cantering on a flat or inclined treadmill. 
      Five 2-year-old Thoroughbred horses were cantered on a treadmill at 3 different 
      velocities and at 3 different slopes. The sequence of speeds at each slope was 
      chosen at random and 16 mm cinefilms at 300 frames/s were taken from a lateral 
      view at a distance of 15 m from the treadmill to record the linear and temporal 
      data. On the slope, stride length, stride duration, stance duration and swing 
      duration did not change. However, midstep length increased significantly and the 
      airborne step length decreased significantly as slope increased from a 3% slope 
      to a 8% slope at 12 m/s. The airborne duration increased significantly from a 0% 
      slope to a 3% slope, and inversely decreased significantly from a 3% slope to a 
      8% slope. The advanced placement (AP) between trailing hindlimb and leading 
      hindlimb (APTH-LH) and between trailing forelimb and leading forelimb (APTF-LF) 
      and the overlap between LH and TF (LH-TF) tended to decrease and the AP between 
      LH and TF (APLH-TF) and the overlap between TH and LH (TH-LH) inversely tended to 
      increase as the slope increased, though these tendencies were not significant. 
      These findings indicated that in slope locomotion, the stride length might be 
      maintained by sacrificing the length of the airborne period as the workload 
      became more intense.
FAU - Kai, M
AU  - Kai M
AD  - Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Utsunomiya, Tochigi.
FAU - Hiraga, A
AU  - Hiraga A
FAU - Kubo, K
AU  - Kubo K
FAU - Tokurik, M
AU  - Tokurik M
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Equine Vet J Suppl
JT  - Equine veterinary journal. Supplement
JID - 9614088
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Exercise Test/methods/*veterinary
MH  - Gait/*physiology
MH  - Hindlimb/physiology
MH  - Horses/*physiology
MH  - Locomotion/*physiology
MH  - Physical Exertion/*physiology
MH  - Random Allocation
MH  - Video Recording
EDAT- 1997/05/01 00:00
MHDA- 1997/11/14 00:01
CRDT- 1997/05/01 00:00
PHST- 1997/05/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/11/14 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/05/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1997.tb05059.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Equine Vet J Suppl. 1997 May;(23):76-9. doi: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1997.tb05059.x.