title: Assessing fitness in endurance horses.
abstract: A field test and a standardized treadmill test were used to assess fitness in endurance horses. These tests discriminated horses of different race levels: horses participating in races of 120 km and more showed higher values of VLA4 (velocity at which blood lactate reached 4 mmol/L) and V200 (velocity at which heart rates reached 200 beats per min) than horses of lower race levels.
authors.affiliation: Equine Sports Medicine Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium. audrey.fraipont@ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fraipont
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Erck
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ramery
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fortier
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lekeux
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Art
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*