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The use of gait analysis for clinical purposes is well established. We have ideal facilities to provide these measurements for both humans and animals. We are investigating whether comparable analyses of movements of the arm can be of clinical use. We want to use motion analysis to study sportsman to identify patterns of activity that might predispose to injury. Rowing is a sport that might be very suitable for this approach. Also, we aim to explain the mechanical basis for animal musculo-skeletal injury, what scope exists for compensation within the musculo-skeletal system, and hence what mechanical interventions are useful in helping this compensation. Recently, we have demonstrated condition specific locomotor patterns for navicular disease, laminitis and bone spavin in horses. We also use our analytical methods to provide objective assessment of different treatment regimes in cohorts of animals with specific lamenesses. Recent examples of this work are studies on extension shoeing in horses with bone spavin, eggbar shoes in navicular disease and tibial plateau leveling in dogs with cruciate injuries.
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