In January 2020, EquiMoves was used in trials with high-level dressage horses. The experiments were done in Florida by Hillary Clayton, Sarah Jane Hobs, Filipe Serra Bragança, Marie Rhodin and Elin Hernlund. The goal of this research was to understand better the gaits and movements of these high-level dressage horses. Using EquiMoves lameness-analysis software, the authors expect to be able to design training exercises to improve straightness based on an

The following subjects were presented in Lorne, Australia at during The International Conference on Equine Exercise Physiology (12 -16th November 2018):  The use of an artificial neural network to classify gait in Icelandic horses  F.M. Serra Bragança, M. Tijssen, V. Gunnarsson, S. Björnsdóttir, E. Persson-Sjodin, P.R. Van Weeren, J. Voskamp, W. Back and M. Rhodin    The Icelandic horse is a

A. M. Hardeman, F. M. Serra Bragança, J. H. Swagemakers, P. R. van Weeren, L. Roepstorff. Equine Veterinary Journal  ISSN 2042-3306 (2019), DOI: 10.1111/evj.13075    Objective lameness assessment is gaining more importance in a clinical setting, necessitating availability of reference values. The objective is to investigate the between ‐path, ‐trial and ‐day variation, between and within horses, in the locomotion symmetry of horses in regular use

Stephan Bosch, Filipe Serra Bragança, Mihai Marin-Perianu, Raluca Marin-Perianu, Berend Jan van der Zwaag, John Voskamp, Willem Back, René van Weeren and Paul Havinga (2018), Sensors, 18(3), 850; doi: 10.3390/s18030850    In this paper, we describe and validate the EquiMoves system, which aims to support equine veterinarians in assessing lameness and gait performance in horses. The system works by capturing horse motion from up to

F.M.Serra Bragança, M.Rhodin, P.R.van Weeren (2018), The Veterinary Journal Volume 234, April 2018, Pages 11-23    Quantitative gait analysis has the potential to offer objective and unbiased gait information that can assist clinical decision-making. In recent years, a growing number of gait analysis systems have come onto the market, highlighting the demand for such technology in equine orthopaedics. However, it is imperative that

F. M. Bragança, S. Bosch, J. P. Voskamp, M. Marin-Perianu, B. J. Van Der Zwaag, J. C. M. Vernooij, P.R. van Weeren and W. Back (2016), Equine Veterinary Journal ISSN 2042-3306, DOI: 10.1111/evj.12651    Inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor‐based techniques are becoming more popular in horses as a tool for objective locomotor assessment. The objectives are to describe, evaluate and validate a method

On 8th of January 2019, the EquiMoves System appeared in the “The horse”” magazine in an article about horse gait analysis.

At Holar University, Iceland, EquiMoves was used for measuring about 30 Icelandic horses. In this study lameness was induced and the horses were measured sound and lame in walk, trot and tolt. The goal of this research is to detect lamenesss in all symmetric gaits

In Avenches, Switzerland, EquiMoves was used by Agroscope and University of Zurich for breeding purposes. About 68 breeding stallions were measured with EquiMoves. The EquiMoves output will be compared to the visual scores of the judges. A genome-wide association analysis using these Franch-Montagne stallions classified with the EquiMoves output parameters will be used to reveal associations between some EquiMoves parameters and nucleotide polymorphisms

The following subject was presented in London, UK, during The International Conference on Canine and Equine Locomotion (17‐19th August 2016): Validation of Distal Limb Mounted Imu Sensors for Stride Detection and Locomotor Quantification in Warmblood Horses at Walk and Trot