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Status: | Pågående |
Projektnummer: | H-17-47-286 |
Kategori: | Research program | Horse |
Ansökningsår: | 2017 |
Huvudsökande: | Marie Rhodin |
Organisation: | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
E-postadress: | marie.rhodin@slu.se |
Telefon: | 018-672194 |
Medsökande: | Pia Haubro Andersen |
Medsökande: | null null |
Motor laterality, such as left or right-handedness, is a well-known asymmetric phenomenon in both humans and animals, incl. horses. Concurrently, lameness caused by orthopaedic injury is a common cause for asymmetry. In our study of riding horses in training, 73 % had motion asymmetries, warranting the question whether this asymmetry was caused by natural laterality or pain-induced lameness? Subsequently, two studies have been initiated to follow young riding horses and trotters possible gait alterations over time. Upon recruitment of the first 50 untrained young horses, 70 % showed motion asymmetries. As young horses may suffer from developmental disorders causing lameness, we still don´t know if these asymmetries are congenital or caused by lameness. We are missing important knowledge about foals. Therefore, we suggest a unique study to compare motion pattern and the relation between motion asymmetries and laterality in foals, young horses in training and high performing horses.
Lateralitet, höger- och vänsterhänthet, är ett välkänt asymmetriskt fenomen hos både människor och djur, inkl. häst. Samtidigt är hälta orsakad av ortopedisk skada en vanlig orsak till rörelseasymmetri. I vår studie av ridhästar i träning hade 73% ett asymmetriskt rörelsemönster vilket väckte frågan om asymmetrin var orsakad av en naturlig lateralitet eller smärtutlöst hälta? Därför har det initierats två studier där unga rid- och travhästar följs över tid för att se när asymmetrier utvecklas. Vid rekryteringen av de första 50 unga hästarna visade det sig även här att 70% rörde sig asymmetriskt. Då det förekommer utvecklingsrubbningar som ger upphov till hälta vet vi fortfarande inte om dessa asymmetrier kan vara medfödda eller är orsakade av smärta. Det saknas en mycket viktig pusselbit, om föl kan födas med asymmetrier? Vi föreslår därför en unik studie som undersöker kopplingen mellan rörelseasymmetrier och lateralitet hos föl, unga hästar i träning samt högpresterande vuxna hästar.
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Motor laterality, such as left or right-handedness, is a well-known asymmetric phenomenon in both humans and animals, incl. horses. Concurrently, lameness caused by orthopaedic injury is a common cause for asymmetry. In our study of riding horses in training, 73 % had motion asymmetries, warranting …
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