An overview of performance and sports medicine
CHAPTER 1 An overview of performance and sports medicine DAVID R. HODGSON and CATHERINE McGOWAN The study of equine sports medicine, although now out of its infancy, can only be…
Thermoregulation
CHAPTER 8 Thermoregulation DAVID R. HODGSON* Exercise requires derivation of energy for muscular contraction from the conversion of stored chemical energy to mechanical energy. This process is relatively inefficient, and…
Kinematics of the equine back and pelvis
CHAPTER 17 Kinematics of the equine back and pelvis RENE VAN WEEREN The axial skeleton consists of the vertebral column from the first cervical vertebra down to the last coccygeal…
The biomechanics of equine locomotion
CHAPTER 16 The biomechanics of equine locomotion BRONWYN GREGORY Historically, the equine locomotor system has had demands placed on it for military, agricultural, and transport purposes. This required a robust…
Conformation
CHAPTER 15 Conformation BRONWYN GREGORY Conformation can be defined as the “formation of something by appropriate arrangement of parts or elements: an assembling into a whole” (Webster’s dictionary, 1976) and…
Training working horses
CHAPTER 26 Training working horses BRIAN HAMPSON Profile of the working horse For the context of this chapter, the working horse will be considered the performance horse bred and trained…
Hematology and biochemistry
CHAPTER 5 Hematology and biochemistry CATHERINE M. McGOWAN and DAVID R. HODGSON* For more than 50 years, evaluation of the hemogram and plasma or serum biochemistry has been a cornerstone…
Training the event horse
CHAPTER 23 Training the event horse WENDY SCHAEFFER The sport of modern eventing The modern event horse The modern event horse is a unique athlete, in fact, a triathlete. Event…
Evaluation of performance potential
CHAPTER 28 Evaluation of performance potential DAVID R. HODGSON Athletic performance Successful athletic performance requires a complex interaction of physiologic mechanisms involving the musculoskeletal, nervous, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems. From…
Training show jumpers
CHAPTER 25 Training show jumpers RENE VAN WEEREN* The first officially organized jumping competitions were included in the program for the Royal Dublin Society’s show in 1864. There were three…
