The Effect of Training on Stride Duration in a Cohort of Two-Year-Old and Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Racehorses (2019)
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Parkes, R. S. V., Weller, R., Pfau, T., & Witte, T. H. (2019). The Effect of Training on Stride Duration in a Cohort of Two-Year-Old and Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Racehorses. Animals, 9(7), 466. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9070466

Objective gait monitoring is increasingly accessible to trainers. A more comprehensive understanding of ‘normal’ gait adaptations is required. Forty two-year-old thoroughbred racehorses were recruited when entering training and followed for 22 months... Read More about The Effect of Training on Stride Duration in a Cohort of Two-Year-Old and Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Racehorses.

Alterations in body lean angle in lame horses before and after diagnostic analgesia in straight lines in hand and on the lunge (2018)
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Greve, L., Pfau, T., & Dyson, S. (2018). Alterations in body lean angle in lame horses before and after diagnostic analgesia in straight lines in hand and on the lunge. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.07.006

Altered body lean has been subjectively observed during lungeing in lame horses. The objectives were to quantify the influence of lameness on body lean in trot on the lunge and to investigate the influence of improvement in lameness on the difference... Read More about Alterations in body lean angle in lame horses before and after diagnostic analgesia in straight lines in hand and on the lunge.

Evidence-based farriery - does it exist? (2018)
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Weller, R., Barstow, A., Price, H., & Pfau, T. (2018). Evidence-based farriery - does it exist?. Equine Veterinary Journal, 50(5), 552-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12978

Effect of a unilateral hind limb orthotic lift on upper body movement symmetry in the trotting horse (2018)
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Vertz, J., Deblanc, D., Rhodin, M., & Pfau, T. (2018). Effect of a unilateral hind limb orthotic lift on upper body movement symmetry in the trotting horse. PLoS ONE, 13(6), e0199447. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199447

In trotting horses, movement asymmetry is associated with ground reaction force asymmetry. In humans, limb length differences influence contralateral force production. Here we investigate whether horses, in immediate reaction to limb length changes,... Read More about Effect of a unilateral hind limb orthotic lift on upper body movement symmetry in the trotting horse.

Does ‘hacking’ surface type affect equine forelimb foot placement, movement symmetry or hoof impact deceleration during ridden walk and trot exercise (2018)
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Barstow, A., Bailey, J., Campbell, J., Harris, C., Weller, R., & Pfau, T. (2018). Does ‘hacking’ surface type affect equine forelimb foot placement, movement symmetry or hoof impact deceleration during ridden walk and trot exercise. Equine Veterinary Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12952

Quantification of the effect of instrumentation error in objective gait assessment in the horse on hindlimb symmetry parameters (2018)
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Serra Bragança, F., Rhodin, M., Wiestner, T., Hernlund, E., Pfau, T., Van Weeren, P. R., & Weishaupt, M. A. (2018). Quantification of the effect of instrumentation error in objective gait assessment in the horse on hindlimb symmetry parameters. Equine Veterinary Journal, 50(3), 370-376. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12766

Vertical movement symmetry of the withers in horses with induced forelimb and hindlimb lameness at trot (2018)
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Rhodin, M., Persson-Sjodin, E., Egenvall, A., Serra Bragança, F., Pfau, T., Roepstorff, L., …Hernlund, E. (2018). Vertical movement symmetry of the withers in horses with induced forelimb and hindlimb lameness at trot. Equine Veterinary Journal, 50(6), 818-824. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12844

Kinematic discrimination of ataxia in horses is facilitated by blindfolding (2018)
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Olsen, E., Fouche, N., Jordan, H., Pfau, T., & Piercy, R. J. (2018). Kinematic discrimination of ataxia in horses is facilitated by blindfolding. Equine Veterinary Journal, 50(2), 166-171. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12737

Repeatability of gait analysis measurements in Thoroughbreds in training (2017)
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Sepulveda Caviedes, M. F., Forbes, B. S., & Pfau, T. (2017). Repeatability of gait analysis measurements in Thoroughbreds in training. Equine Veterinary Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12802

Head, withers and pelvic movement asymmetry and their relative timing in trot in racing Thoroughbreds in training (2017)
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Pfau, T., Noordwijk, K., Sepulveda Caviedes, M. F., Persson-Sjodin, E., Barstow, A., Forbes, B., & Rhodin, M. (2017). Head, withers and pelvic movement asymmetry and their relative timing in trot in racing Thoroughbreds in training. Equine Veterinary Journal, 50(1), 117-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12705

Effect of a 4-week elastic resistance band training regimen on back kinematics in horses trotting in-hand and on the lunge (2017)
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Pfau, T., Simons, V., Rombach, N., Stubbs, N., & Weller, R. (2017). Effect of a 4-week elastic resistance band training regimen on back kinematics in horses trotting in-hand and on the lunge. Equine Veterinary Journal, 49(6), 829-835. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12690

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari-like malformation and Syringomyelia have increased variability of spatio-temporal gait characteristics (2017)
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Olsen, E., Suiter, E. J., Pfau, T., McGonnell, I. M., Matiasek, K., Giejda, A., & Volk, H. A. (2017). Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari-like malformation and Syringomyelia have increased variability of spatio-temporal gait characteristics. BMC Veterinary Research, 13(159), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-1077-5

Alterations in thoracolumbosacral movement when pain causing lameness has been improved by diagnostic analgesia (2017)
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Greve, L., Dyson, S., & Pfau, T. (2017). Alterations in thoracolumbosacral movement when pain causing lameness has been improved by diagnostic analgesia. The Veterinary Journal, 224, 5-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.03.009

Lameness, thoracolumbosacral pain and reduced range of motion (ROM) often coexist; better understanding of their relationship is needed. The objectives were to determine if thoracolumbosacral movement of horses changes when pain causing lameness is i... Read More about Alterations in thoracolumbosacral movement when pain causing lameness has been improved by diagnostic analgesia.

Head and pelvic movement asymmetries at trot in riding horses in training and perceived as free from lameness by the owner (2017)
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Rhodin, M., Egenvall, A., Haubro Andersen, P., & Pfau, T. (2017). Head and pelvic movement asymmetries at trot in riding horses in training and perceived as free from lameness by the owner. PLoS ONE, 12(4), e0176253. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176253

Recent studies evaluating horses in training and considered free from lameness by their owners have identified a large proportion of horses with motion asymmetries. However the prevalence, type and magnitude of asymmetries when trotting in a straight... Read More about Head and pelvic movement asymmetries at trot in riding horses in training and perceived as free from lameness by the owner.

The kinematics and kinetics of riding a racehorse: A quantitative comparison of a training simulator and real horses (2016)
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Walker, A. M., Applegate, C., Pfau, T., Sparkes, E. L., Wilson, A. M., & Witte, T. H. (2016). The kinematics and kinetics of riding a racehorse: A quantitative comparison of a training simulator and real horses. Journal of Biomechanics, 49(14), 3368-3374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.08.031

Changes in movement symmetry over the stages of the shoeing process in military working horses (2016)
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Pfau, T., Daly, K., Davison, J., Bould, A., Housby, N., & Weller, R. (2016). Changes in movement symmetry over the stages of the shoeing process in military working horses. Veterinary Record, 179(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103516

Rater agreement of visual lameness assessment in horses during lungeing (2016)
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Hammarberg, M., Egenvall, A., Pfau, T., & Rhodin, M. (2016). Rater agreement of visual lameness assessment in horses during lungeing. Equine Veterinary Journal, 48(1), 78-82. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12385

Foot placement of the equine forelimb: relationship between foot conformation, foot placement and movement asymmetry (2016)
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Wilson, A. M., Agass, R., Vaux, S., Sherlock, E., Day, P., Pfau, T., & Weller, R. (2016). Foot placement of the equine forelimb: relationship between foot conformation, foot placement and movement asymmetry. Equine Veterinary Journal, 48(1), 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12378

Lungeing on hard and soft surfaces: Movement symmetry of trotting horses considered sound by their owners (2016)
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Pfau, T., Jennings, C., Mitchell, H., Olsen, E., Walker, A. M., Egenvall, A., …Rhodin, M. (2016). Lungeing on hard and soft surfaces: Movement symmetry of trotting horses considered sound by their owners. Equine Veterinary Journal, 48(1), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12374

Understanding hind limb lameness signs in horses using simple rigid body mechanics (2015)
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Starke, S. D., May, S. A., & Pfau, T. (2015). Understanding hind limb lameness signs in horses using simple rigid body mechanics. Journal of Biomechanics, 48(12), 3323-3331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.06.019

Hind limb lameness detection in horses relies on the identification of movement asymmetry which can be based on multiple pelvic landmarks. This study explains the poorly understood relationship between hind limb lameness pointers, related to the tube... Read More about Understanding hind limb lameness signs in horses using simple rigid body mechanics.