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Sharing the Science
20.2.2022: The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram – Research and Development
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Sue Palmer
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February 20, 2022
Why does your saddle slip? The interrelationship of lameness, saddle slip and back shape in the general sports horse population The saddle slipping to one side is usually blamed on the saddle fit, or sometimes on the rider or on the shape of the horse. This study, involving 506 sports horses, looked at how often […]
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15.2.2022: The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram – Research and Development
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Sue Palmer
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February 15, 2022
Developing the RHpE Development of an ethogram for a pain scoring system in ridden horses and its application to determine the presence of musculoskeletal pain Despite evidence that nearly half of competition horses are perhaps lame, this lameness is not well recognised by owners or trainers. Another way of recognising pain in the ridden horse […]
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2.2.2022 Sharing The Science: The Horse-Rider Relationship
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Sue Palmer
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February 2, 2022
Symbiosis or Sporting Tool? Competition and the Horse-Rider Relationship in Elite Equestrian Sports by Rachel C. Hogg and Gene A. Hodgins Is the horse-rider relationship essential to success, irrelevant to success, or does it negatively impact on success? Is success determined by how the rider sees success, or by how others see success? As you […]
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22.1.2022 Sharing the Science
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Sue Palmer
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January 22, 2022
Thoracolumbar movement in sound horses trotting in straight lines in hand and on the lunge and the relationship with hind limb symmetry or asymmetry It’s fascinating how much we just take for granted that we know, without actually having any evidence to back it up. If we want to do scientific studies on lameness, then […]
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12.1.2022 Application of the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram to Elite Dressage Horses Competing in World Cup Grand Prix Competitions
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Sue Palmer
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January 12, 2022
I’m really excited to be researching and writing my next book this year, on recognising pain in the ridden horse. Sign up to my newsletter at www.thehorsephysio.co.uk for updates on the release. Today’s science article makes use of the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram (RHpE) to assess dressage horses competing at elite Grand Prix level. The […]
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2.1.2022 How good are we at seeing back movement in horses?
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Sue Palmer
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January 2, 2022
Sharing the Science Rater agreement for assessment of equine back mobility at walk and trot compared to quantitative gait analysis Have you ever heard someone tell you that your horse needs to move more through his back, or that he looks stiff through his back? If you’re a rider, then I’m fairly sure the answer […]
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22.12.2021 Sharing The Science
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Sue Palmer
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December 22, 2021
Effect of gamified perceptual learning on visual detection and discrimination skills in equine gait assessment Starke SD, Miles GC, Channon SB, May SA. Effect of gamified perceptual learning on visual detection and discrimination skills in equine gait assessment. Vet Rec. 2021;e21. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.21 I listened recently to a webinar presented by Eva Marunova (Empowered Equitation) on […]
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12.11.2021 Sharing The Science
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Sue Palmer
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December 12, 2021
Towards Machine Recognition of Facial Expressions of Pain in Horses You can access the full article here. Today I was chatting with a client about whether or not her horse might suffer from some level of hind guy dysfunction. The mare is on Succeed (a supplement which helps ease some types of hind gut dysfunction), […]
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2.11.2021 Sharing The Science
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Sue Palmer
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December 2, 2021
Enhanced Understanding of Horse-Human Interactions to Optimize Welfare How does your horse see the world? How does he see you? Does he know how you feel? This scientific review looks at how horses read humans, with a view to helping us understand how we can make our horses’ lives better. Simple Summary Horses are used […]
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22.11.2021 Sharing The Science
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Sue Palmer
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November 22, 2021
Time Restricted Eating This one has nothing to do with horses, but it’s a subject that I’m really interested in, and one that I think has potential benefit for many people, so I’m choosing to share it. I’ve just finished reading ‘The Diet Myth’ by Tim Spector, and am now reading ‘Why Calories Don’t Count’ […]
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