Accelerometry-Based Step Count Validation for Horse Movement Analysis During Stall Confinement.

ABSTRACT: Quantitative tracking of equine movement during stall confinement has the potential to detect subtle changes in mobility due to injury. These changes may warn of potential complications, providing vital information to direct rehabilitation protocols. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are readily available and easily attached to a limb or surcingle to objectively record step count in horses. The objectives of this study were: (1) to compare IMU-based step counts to a visually-based criterion measure (video) for three different types of movements in a stall environment, and (2) to compare three different sensor positions to determine the ideal location on the horse to assess movement. An IMU was attached at the withers, right forelimb and hindlimb of six horses to assess free-movement, circl

SUBMITTER: Steinke SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8259880 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature