title: Correction for skin displacement errors in movement analysis of the horse.
abstract: In movement analysis of the horse, large errors result from movements of the skin with respect to the underlying bones. A generally applicable, two-dimensional, method for correction of these skin-movement errors in kinematic data has been developed. It was tested on a kinematic analysis of the hindlimb in a walking pony. The results indicate that without correction for skin-movement errors, misreadings of up to 15 degrees in the knee angle and 30% in the moment arm of the gastrocnemius muscle can be expected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van den Bogert
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: van Weeren
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Schamhardt
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000502:physiology; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena