Quantitative Differences in Activities of Back and Pelvic Limb Muscles During Walking and Trotting Between Chronically Lame and Nonlame Horses

Quantitative Differences in Activities of Back and Pelvic Limb Muscles During Walking and Trotting Between Chronically Lame and Nonlame Horses

"Quantitative differences in activities of back and pelvic limb muscles during walking and trotting between chronically lame and nonlame horses. Zaneb H, Kaufmann V, Stanek C, Peham C, Licka TF.
Movement Science Group, Clinic for Orthopaedics, Veterinary Medicine University, A-1210 Vienna, Austria.

OBJECTIVE: To assess differences in activities of back and pelvic limb muscles by use of surface electromyography (SEMG) in chronically lame and nonlame horses during walking and trotting. ...

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: In lame horses, variation in muscle use was detectable via SEMG. In chronically lame horses, back and pelvic limb muscle activities were affected differently during walking and trotting."