Passage Magazine March 2015 | Page 24

How can it help? Gait analysis Gait analysis can assess stride characteristics and identify subtle changes that may lead to poor performance. Equinalysis is a system developed by Master Farrier Haydn Price DipWCF designed to analyse how your , horse moves. Horses are screened using joint markers and video technology. The horse is usually analysed in both walk and trot. However, the canter can be analysed on a surface with a rider or on a treadmill. Spherical markers are placed on the horse, and a computer tracks them, creating quantifiable data relating to joint angles, velocity and acceleration. Various measurements are taken, such as stride length, carpal/tarsal flexion and fetlock hyperextension. Post screening, the data and images are store B