ArticleBiology open2022
Standing horse posture: a longer stance is more stable.
Article in Biology open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physiological and Behavioral Responses of Stabled Horses (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Editorial: Advancements in equine pain management.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of a rehabilitative whole-body resistance band wrap on equine gait, posture, cortisol, and muscular function.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Influence of lighting on sleep behaviour, circadian rhythm and spontaneous blink rate in stabled riding school horses (Equus caballus).PloS one · 2025Article
- Time budgets and weight shifting as indicators of pain in hospitalized horses.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Development, refinement, and validation of an equine musculoskeletal pain scale.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- An Investigation into the Effects of Changing Dorso-Plantar Hoof Balance on Equine Hind Limb Posture.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Finger stability in precision grips.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Horses stand for most of each day. Although they can use various leg configurations (postures), they usually stand with vertical legs. Why? We addressed this question with a 2D quasi-static model having three rigid parts: a trunk, massless fore-limbs and massless rear limbs, with hinges at the shoulders, hips, and hooves. The postural parameter we varied was ℓg, the distance between the hooves. For a given ℓg, statics finds an equilibrium configuration which, with no muscle stabilization (i.e. using minimal effort) is unstable. We assume a horse uses that configuration. To measure the neuromuscular effort needed to stabilize this equilibrium, we added springs at the shoulder and hip; the larger the springs needed to stabilize the model (kmin), the more neuromuscular effort needed to stabilize the posture. A canted-in posture (small ℓg), observed habitually in some domestic horses, needs about twice the spring stiffness (representing twice the effort) as is needed with vertical or slightly splayed-out (large ℓg) legs. This relationship of posture and stability might explain the prevalence of vertical or slightly splayed-out legs in wild and healthy domestic horses and leaves as a puzzle why some horses stand canted-in.
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