Effect of Fatigue on Equine Metacarpophalangeal Joint Kinematics-A Single Horse Pilot Study.

Autor: Pugliese BR; Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA., Carballo CT; Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA., Connolly KM; Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA., Mazan MR; Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA., Kirker-Head CA; Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA. Electronic address: carl.kirker-head@tufts.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of equine veterinary science [J Equine Vet Sci] 2020 Mar; Vol. 86, pp. 102849. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2019.102849
Abstrakt: The objective was to validate a scientific method for characterizing equine metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPJ) motion in the nonfatigued and fatigued states using a single horse at trot, slow canter, and fast canter. One healthy Thoroughbred gelding exercised on a treadmill to exhaustion (fatigued state) (heart rate >190 BPM and blood lactate >10 mmol/L) while bilateral MCPJ angular data were acquired using electrogoniometry. Blood lactate and heart rate reflected transition from nonfatigued to fatigued states with increasing exercise duration and treadmill speed. Electrogoniometry consistently demonstrated: increase in mean MCPJ maximum extension angle with onset of fatigue; altered extension and flexion angular velocities with onset of fatigue; and increasing stride duration and decreasing stride frequency with onset of fatigue. The method allowed a preliminary but comprehensive characterization of the dynamic relationship between MCPJ kinematics and fatigue, prompting the need for multisubject studies that may enhance our ability to moderate exercise-related distal limb injury in equine athletes.
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