title: Quantification of equine ground reaction force patterns.
abstract: A method was developed to quantify the ground reaction force pattern of the horse. A number of selected force amplitudes and peak-time positions in the normalized stance phase of left and right contralateral limbs were used to calculate symmetry indices. Data from each limb were compared with those of a 'standard horse' resulting in limb indices. The combination of amplitude and peak-time symmetry and limb indices yielded one H(orse)INDEX. These indices were useful for comparison of different horses and for the evaluation of lameness and treatment.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005684:Gait; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D011312:Pressure