This highly illustrated and comprehensive new book discusses all aspects of equine locomotion and gait analysis. Explains all technical details in straight-forward, easy-to-understand terms and includes over 400 illustrations. It includes the latest research on everything from modelling to shoeing. Audience: Equine Veterinarians mixed practice veterinarians, equine orthopaedic vet specialists, equine anatomists. Contents: Preface. Glossary. Chapter 1: History of Locomotor Research. Chapter 2: Initiation of Gait. Chapter 3: Measurement Techniques for Gait Analysis. Chapter 4: Inter-limb Coordination. Chapter 5: Intra-limb Coordination: the Forelimb & the Hind Limb. Chapter 6: The Role of the Hoof and Shoeing. Chapter 7: The Neck and Back. Chapter 8: Performance in Equestrian SportsHilary M. Clayton. Chapter 9: Locomotor Effects on the Musculoskeletal Tissues. Chapter 10: Gait Adaptation in Lameness. Chapter 11: The Effects of Conformation. Chapter 12: Hereditary Aspects of the Musculoskeletal System. Chapter 13: Mechanical Energetics of Locomotion. Chapter 14: Metabolic Energetics of Locomotion. Chapter 15: Scaled Energetics of Locomotion. Chapter 16: Modelling of Locomotion Idioma Inglés