ASPECTS OF LOCOMOTION AND GENERAL BASES OF BASIC NATURAL GAIT OF HORSES
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https://doi.org/10.35172/rvz.2022.v29.1012Keywords:
gaits, horses, walk, trot, gait, gallopAbstract
Locomotion is the function of the organism that allows the execution of body movements and displacement of the center of gravity in any direction. Gaits are the forms of locomotion that can be innate or acquired skills, classified as natural or artificial and as basic or special. The natural basic gaits are the walk, pace, trot and three- and four-beat gallop. Among the special natural gaits are the gaits, such as the “marcha batida” and “marcha picada”, observed in some Brazilian horse breeds, and the “paso” modalities that occur in Peruvian fine, Colombian fine and Puerto Rican fine horses. In the gaits, the horses move the limbs, move the body with characteristics such as speed, sequence of moments of bearing and elevation, and show the footprints, tracks and beats, which are biomechanical characteristics of the gaits. The study of gaits is a complementary part of biomechanics/kinesiology and must be understood beyond functional anatomy or physiology, sports medicine and the study of lameness. This literature review aims to describe the general concepts of locomotion and the different natural gaits in horses.
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