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A 3D musculoskeletal model of a horse developed with the primary goal of the study of motor control of the fore limbs during locomotion in horses.

The overall objective of the proposed research is to define biomechanical control of forelimb movement through musculoskeletal modeling combined with empirical gait tests. Our hypotheses are: (1) the tendons, working passively to control the distal joints of the forelimbs, are stretched more when limb loads are increased; (2) overstretching can be prevented in actively controlled joints via increased muscle force; (3) joint reaction forces (and torques) increase in reaction to load increase; and (4) joint reaction forces (and torques) change direction as loads increase.
Date:1 Oct 2009 →  30 Sep 2012
Keywords:HORSES, LOCOMOTION, MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEMS
Disciplines:Animal biology, Veterinary medicine
Project type:Collaboration project