Special Issue "Monitoring of Fitness, Training Progression, and Responses to Rehabilitation Therapies in Veterinary Medicine"

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Equids".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 November 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Ana Muñoz
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Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Equine Sport Medicine Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
Interests: exercise test; equine sport medicine; lameness; rehabilitation; training

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The horse is a superb athletic species, with physical abilities (endurance, speed, and strength) that quantitatively exceed those of the rest of the athletic species, including human beings. In recent years, another athletic species, the dog, has been receiving specific and separate attention apart from the classic pet dog, due to its greater involvement in sports activities. The assessment of fitness is of primary importance to establish a starting point for both programming and monitoring training progression during the training and competition season in order to achieve the maximal performance; to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries, overtraining, and undertraining; and to detect a reduction in performance as soon as possible. On the other hand, rehabilitation therapy, not only after an injury, but also as an aid to promote a quicker recovery after an intense training session, should be monitored in an objective way. For all these reasons, original and clinical investigations and reviews focused on objective methods of evaluation of fitness, training level, and responses to the application of various rehabilitation therapies in dogs and in horses are welcome.

Dr. Ana Muñoz
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • biomechanics
  • dog
  • exercise test
  • fitness
  • horse
  • lactate
  • monitoring
  • rehabilitation
  • training

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Thermographic Analysis of the Metacarpal and Metatarsal Areas in Jumping Sport Horses and Leisure Horses in Response to Warm-Up Duration
Animals 2021, 11(7), 2022; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11072022 - 06 Jul 2021
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This study aimed to assess the impact of various types of warm-up on the metacarpal and metatarsal surface temperature in jumping sport horses in comparison to leisure horses, which work usually less intensively. Six clinically healthy sport geldings, contestants in showjumping competitions, and [...] Read more.
This study aimed to assess the impact of various types of warm-up on the metacarpal and metatarsal surface temperature in jumping sport horses in comparison to leisure horses, which work usually less intensively. Six clinically healthy sport geldings, contestants in showjumping competitions, and six geldings used for leisure riding were included in the study. The experiment was conducted for four consecutive days, during which the horses were warmed up by walking and trotting for various durations. Images were taken with a FLUKE Ti9 thermal imager to determine the resting, post-effort, and recovery temperature of the dorsal and plantar surface of the metacarpus and metatarsus of the four limbs. The obtained data were analysed with SmartView 4.1. software. The increase of measured rectal and surface temperatures was proportional to the warm-up duration. The surface temperature increase in the distal limb parts in jumping sport horses was greater than in horses used for leisure. The plantar surface was also warmer than the dorsal surface of the metacarpal/metatarsal areas, with a forelimb being warmer than a hind limb. Elevated temperatures after warm-up persist for 30 min in the recovery period, especially in jumping sport horses compared to leisure horses. Thus, the warming up effect is achieved earlier and lasts longer in heavily trained horses than in non-performance horses. Full article
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