Revolutionary Equine Cannon Angle Analysis
Benefits• Perfectresearchtooltomeasurethecannonmovementinthehorse’snaturalenvironment.
• Allowsmeasurementatwalkandtrotondifferentterrainsandtreadmill,withorwithoutrider.
• Clinicalapplicationtoassessandquantifythehorsebeforeandaftertreatment.
• Quantificationofthebenefitoftrainingoruseofatrainingaid.
• Allowsforeasydatacollectionandstatisticalvalidation.• Minimalset-uptime(unlikeoptical-basedsystems).• Freestheexperttoconcentrateonanalysisratherthantestsupervision.
• Currentandarchiveddatacanbecompared,foranobjectiveassessmentofchanges.
• CSVoutputtoallowinputtootherprograms.
• Operatesforawholedayononebatterycharge.
• Providesthefollowingmeasurements;• Strideduration(seconds).• Temporalphasingofalllimbs(%ofstride).• Cannonanglewithtime,inboththesagittal(cranialcaudal)andcoronal(mediolateral)planes.
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THEETB-PEGASUSCANNONANGLEPROFILESYSTEM
1) What is the cannon angle analysis System?ThesystemisasoftwareupgradetotheETB-PegasusLimbPhasingSystem,addingconsiderableindepthanalysisofthesagittalandcoronalplanesofmovementforeachofthefourcannonbones.
2) Carrying out a trialAswiththeETB-PegasusLimbPhasingSystem,brushingbootswithsensorsareused.Thehorsestandsstillfor5secondstocalibratethesensorsandthenthetrialbegins.Thetrialcanbeasimpletrotupinhand,exerciseonatreadmill,riddenand/orun-riddenatwalkandtrotonanysurface.
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3) Analysing dataThesensordataisprocessedandalltheparametersautomaticallypresented,simplybyconnectingthesensorstothenotebookandselecting“Analyse”.Dataispresentedas:
Asummaryplotofeachlimbsegment.
Summarystatisticaltable.
A summary of the findings for the provided example.
Thishorsehasgoodfore limbcannonmovement.Therangeandsymmetryaregoodandthemedial-lateralmovementisminimal.
The hind limbs however show some differences.The right hindmoves later than 50% through thestride (symmetric gait), making it look like it wasdragging.
There is also significant medial-lateral movementonthelefthind.
This horse has a problem with it’s right hock.
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Some of the many applicationsETB’s products give accurate andrepeatable numerical information notcurrentlyotherwiseobtainableacrossawidespectrumofactivities;• Research, education, colleges,universities: a far greater depth ofresearch is possible simply due tobeingabletousethesysteminreallifesituations,withorwithoutarider.
• Diagnosis: measurement of thecannonprofiletodeterminewhetherthehorsehasanormalsymmetricgaitpattern.
• Monitoring:aftertreatment,monitoringofrecoverytoensurethehorseisdoingwell,allowingforearlycorrectivetreatment.
• Training: teaching people how to traintheirhorsetomovemoreefficientlyandeffectively,e.g., trainingtheelitehorseswhereridersarelookingforthatextra1%inperformance.
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