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Multiple training aids are available for therapists and horse owners to use. However, there is a paucity of evidence on their use in rehabilitation and training. Development of core muscle strength is important for training and during rehabilitation following injury, and as part of an on-going training/management programme. When lunging is used as part of a training or rehabilitation programme, training aids are often fitted in the belief that they facilitate improved back and limb biomechanics, leading to the development of increased core strength and spinal stability, and in some instances may serve as a substitute for ridden exercise. This two-hour webinar will review the literature, and present a series of evidence-based studies which have quantified the effect that training aids have on equine locomotion, and present new research relating to the effect that training aids have on equine back movement. Throughout the session the potential advantages and limitations will be discussed along with evidence-based considerations when using training aids.
Centaur Biomechanics was found in 2006 by Dr. Russell MacKechnie-Guire who graduated from Warwickshire College in 2006 with a BSc (Hons) in Equine and Human Sports Science and now holds a PhD in Equine Biomechanics graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in 2019. Russell’s thesis was titled ‘The Relationship between Saddle and Rider Kinematics, Equine Locomotion, and Thoracolumbar Pressures in Sports Horses’.
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