The interrelationship of lameness, saddle slip and back shape in the general sports horse population

Greve, Line; Dyson, Sue

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“…Since the last decades, authors investigate the impact of saddle fitting on horse's back motion and consequently on the appearance of back disorders (Latif et al, 2010). Traditionally, horses are ridden with wooden tree saddles that are supposed to spread the charges on the back, if well fitted (Greve & Dyson, 2014). However, the rigid frame of such saddles has to perfectly fit the horse's back at rest, inducing otherwise undesired peaks of pressures, and it cannot fully adapt to the back changes that occur during the different phases of the same gait and between different gaits (Greve & Dyson, 2013, 2014.…”

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Detecting and Measuring Back Disorders in Nonverbal Individuals: The Example of Domestic Horses

Lesimple¹,

Fureix²,

Aubé³

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-Back disorders are amongst the major health-related disorders associated to working conditions in our society. Horses share with humans the exposure to potential physically harmful working conditions leading to back disorders. However, despite their high prevalence, these problems are often unacknowledged in the horse industry, mostly because their diagnosis remains difficult, particularly in field conditions. In the present review, we review the current scientific knowledge on back vertebral, muscular and musculoskeletal disorders. We will first present the existing knowledge about their prevalence and the tools available for diagnosis. Then, the different potential sources of back pain, including anatomical implications, the effect of emotionality and working conditions will be discussed. We finally present the existing behavioral, postural and physiological indicators of back pain that could help an early detection of back disorders.Keywords -Horse, Equine, Work, Illness, Back disorder assessment, IndicatorsSickness is defined as a state of unwellness, distress or disgust (Oxford Guide of the English Language, 1984), combining physical and emotional disorders. Sickness induces aversive experiences that range from mild discomfort to acute pain, which are mechanisms preventing the organism from incurring injuries (Bateson, 1991). According to this definition, the term "sickness" fits very well with back disorders. In humans, the presence of back disorders is related to increased aggressiveness (Berkowitz, 1993) and/or depression (Curie & Wang, 2004;Garon & Leavitt, 1983) and lower back pain is amongst the main causes of sick leave (Dionne et al., 2005). Back disorders may be caused by strictly physical parameters, such as bony dysfunction or malformations. However, working conditions are more and more often identified as a major source of back pain in humans (Banibrata, 2014;Widanarko, Legg, Devereux, & Stevenson, 2014), related to postural or psychological constraints.In horses too, physical malfunctions and malformations are possibly involved in some back related disorders (Haussler, 1996;Stubbs et al., 2006). However, working conditions, have also been proposed as further sources of such disorders (Fonseca et al., 2006;Gillis, 1999;Haussler, 1997;Jeffcott, 1980): horses share with humans working activities that may cause psychological (e.g., suppression of emotions) and physical stress (e.g., physical constraints; McGreevy & McLean, 2005). In this review, we present the current knowledge about the prevalence of back disorders and the tools used to diagnose them. We will review the potential causes of back disorders with a special highlight on working conditions. Psychological, physical and anatomical impacts of riding will be discussed in relation to the presence of visible indicators of back disorders. Finally, as the presence of back disorders is one of the main Lesimple et al. 160 pathologies in horses, we will review the validated indicators of back disorders as well as the signals that are ...

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Detecting and Measuring Back Disorders in Nonverbal Individuals: The Example of Domestic Horses

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“…The 113 horses were assessed from two corners of the arena so that all were assessed from behind, in 114 front and from the side. If, during ridden exercise, a stiff-stilted gait in canter or 115 quadrupedally shortened cranial phase of the step were noted, affected horses were classified 116 as lame (Greve and Dyson, 2014). were asked to allow the horses to trot at unrestrained speeds in-hand and on the lunge.…”

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Body lean angle in sound dressage horses in-hand, on the lunge and ridden

Greve

Dyson

2016

The Veterinary Journal

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“…Besides, Beijing Winter Olympics will spread winter sports knowledge and raise winter sports influence. According to the statistics, after the bid for Winter Olympics in 2015, the investment of winter sports talent cultivation increased 50%, and different departments strengthened their coordination and cooperation, which will be beneficial to the cultivation of winter sports backup talents [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

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Study on the Impact of Bid for Winter Olympics on the Development of Chinese Winter Sports

Zhao¹,

Liu²

2016

JSS

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Abstract:The 128th plenary session of International Olympic Committee declared on July 31, 2015 after vote that Beijing and Zhangjiakou will be the bidding cities of 2022 Winter Olympics. It was the second time for China to successfully bid Olympic Games since 2008 Summer Olympics, which will encourage China to continue to develop sports career in the process of sports power construction and will have long-term construction meanings. Chinese winter sports industry and sports culture will enter into the fast booming development period in the future 7 years. The paper begins with Beijing and Zhangjiakou Winter Olympics bid and the future Chinese winter sports industry construction to illustrate the impact of bid for Winter Olympics on the future winter sports career development.

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The interrelationship of lameness, saddle slip and back shape in the general sports horse population

Abstract: Many horses with hindlimb and/or forelimb lameness go unrecognised. Saddle slip may be a sign of hindlimb lameness. Education of the equestrian population to identify lameness and saddle slip is required. The Summary is available in Chinese - see Supporting information.

Cited by 115 publications

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Detecting and Measuring Back Disorders in Nonverbal Individuals: The Example of Domestic Horses

Detecting and Measuring Back Disorders in Nonverbal Individuals: The Example of Domestic Horses

Body lean angle in sound dressage horses in-hand, on the lunge and ridden

Study on the Impact of Bid for Winter Olympics on the Development of Chinese Winter Sports

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