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.

Preface
R. McNeill Alexander

Glossary
Nancy M. Deuel

Chapter 1: History of Locomotor Research
P. René van Weeren

Chapter 2: Initiation of Gait
Albert Gramsbergen

Chapter 3: Measurement Techniques for Gait Analysis
Hilary M. Clayton and Henk C. Schamhardt

Chapter 4: Inter-limb Coordination
Eric Barrey

Chapter 5: Intra-limb Coordination: the Forelimb & the Hind Limb
Willem Back

Chapter 6: The Role of the Hoof and Shoeing
Willem Back

Chapter 7: The Neck and Back
Jean Marie Denoix

Chapter 8: Performance in Equestrian Sports
Hilary M. Clayton

Chapter 9: Locomotor Effects on the Musculoskeletal Tissues
Allen Goodship

Chapter 10: Gait Adaptation in Lameness
Florian Buchner

Chapter 11: The Effects of Conformation
Mikael Holmström

Chapter 12: Hereditary Aspects of the Musculoskeletal System
Albert Barneveld

Chapter 13: Mechanical Energetics of Locomotion
Liduin S. Meershoek and Ton vd Bogert

Chapter 14: Metabolic Energetics of Locomotion
Mathew Gerard and David Hodgson

Chapter 15: Scaled Energetics of Locomotion
At L. Hof

Chapter 16: Modelling of Locomotion
Adam Arabian and Hilary Clayton

Willem Back, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ECVS, Diplomate, RNVA, Assistant Professor in Equine Surgery, Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; and Hilary M. Clayton, BVSc, PhD, MRCVS, McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Science, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences,College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI