A universal approach to determine footfall timings from kinematics of a single foot marker in hoofed animals.

ABSTRACT: The study of animal movement commonly requires the segmentation of continuous data streams into individual strides. The use of forceplates and foot-mounted accelerometers readily allows the detection of the foot-on and foot-off events that define a stride. However, when relying on optical methods such as motion capture, there is lack of validated robust, universally applicable stride event detection methods. To date, no method has been validated for movement on a circle, while algorithms are commonly specific to front/hind limbs or gait. In this study, we aimed to develop and validate kinematic stride segmentation methods applicable to movement on straight line and circle at walk and trot, which exclusively rely on a single, dorsal hoof marker. The advantage of such marker placement is the

SUBMITTER: Starke SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4493675 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature