Patterns of horse-rider coordination during endurance race: a dynamical system approach.

ABSTRACT: In riding, most biomechanical studies have focused on the description of the horse locomotion in unridden condition. In this study, we draw the prospect of how the basic principles established in inter-personal coordination by the theory of Coordination Dynamics may provide a conceptual and methodological framework for understanding the horse-rider coupling. The recent development of mobile technologies allows combined horse and rider recordings during long lasting natural events such as endurance races. Six international horse-rider dyads were thus recorded during a 120 km race by using two tri-axial accelerometers placed on the horses and riders, respectively. The analysis concentrated on their combined vertical displacements. The obtained shapes and angles of Lissajous plots together wi

SUBMITTER: Viry S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733789 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature