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Does Muscle Development of Sport Horses Using Water Treadmill Exercise as Part of a Long-Term Training Programme Differ from That of Horses Not Using Water Treadmill Exercise?

Carolyne Tranquille, Kathryn Nankervis, Jack Tacey, Emily Hopkins, Isabeau Deckers, Vicki Walker, Russell MacKechnie-Guire, Richard Newton, Rachel Murray

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Carolyne TranquilleEquestrian Performance Research Centre, Hartpury University, Hartpury, Gloucester GL19 3BE, UK.
Kathryn NankervisEquestrian Performance Research Centre, Hartpury University, Hartpury, Gloucester GL19 3BE, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1425-4987
Jack TaceyJBT Veterinary Physiotherapy, Nottingham NG10 4EH, UK.
Emily HopkinsRegain Veterinary Physiotherapy, Bury St Edmunds IP31 3SL, UK.
Isabeau DeckersEquilibro, Foxemaatstraat 27, 2920 Kalmthout, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3983-9180
Vicki WalkerEquestrian Performance Research Centre, Hartpury University, Hartpury, Gloucester GL19 3BE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5092-0951
Russell MacKechnie-GuireEquestrian Performance Research Centre, Hartpury University, Hartpury, Gloucester GL19 3BE, UK.
Richard NewtonDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6266-0616
Rachel MurrayIbikus Ltd., Bury St Edmunds IP32 7AR, UK.

Funding

Petplan Charitable Trust S18-625-633
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water treadmill (WT) exercise has become a popular tool for equine training and rehabilitation. However, few studies describe the long-term effects of WT exercise in low water on muscle development (MD). This study's objectives were to compare MD changes over a 40-week period in sport horses that regularly used WT in low water within training (Group WTH,

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body condition scoreequinehydrotherapymuscle development

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PMID40867754
PMCPMC12382896

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