During the annual congress bringing together Italian equine veterinarians, Dr. Stefano Tassan, equipped with the connected boots, was able to share certain cases of sport horses showing performance drops. A look back at the locomotion monitoring of the athlete horse
Founded by the equine veterinarian Robrecht Vanhoutte in 2015, the Paardenkliniek Buitenzorg is entirely dedicated to the horse care in the Netherlands. Specialized in equine orthopedics, Dr Vanhoutte is member of the ISELP (International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology) and
The biomechanical study of running is the subject of much research. The use of technical observation tools and measurements makes it possible to better understand the performance of the best athletes. These studies allowed us to discover that athletes have
Horse muscle activity & performance Ekico : Hello Adrian, Thank you for sharing your expertise with us, and in particular your practice of monitoring horse muscle activity. You are an Associate Professor in physiology with a special interest in biomechanics
The ability of the connected boots Tendiboots™ to detect the gait signature specific to each horse was demonstrated in 2018. Indeed, during this study, Ekico’s smart boots were able to recognize more than 9 times out of 10 which gait
In this article, Swiss-based equine veterinarian Dr. Dorian Bindler shares with us the case of a horse with an acute rupture of the superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) when landing a jump during a competition. Find out how the Tendiboots™
A reactive horse is currently the sport horse par excellence. But do not confuse reactivity and hypersensitivity, harmful for the animal! Let’s take stock with Caroline Godin, training and owner’s stable manager at Haras de la Cense (France) : how
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