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ENGLAND-The
latest research from the Structure
and Motion Laboratory at the Royal Veterinary College of the University of
London has been published (January 2, 2003) in the scientific journal NATURE.
HOOFCARE
& LAMENESS JOURNAL makes it possible for you to read this outstanding
paper, which chronicles their latest revelations on why horses don't
just collapse at the gallop and how the hoof-and-leg unit works at some
gaits on the pogo stick principle and at others like a catapult. Students
of the hoof's role in biomechanics will be dazzled by the precise timing
of the catapult action as it is triggered by the nanosecond known to those
of us in the trenches as hoof breakover. Thanks
to lead researcher Alan Wilson, we are able to share this research with
you immediately, as well as link you over to laboratory for some animated
demonstrations of the horse's leg.
Click
here
to see a sampling of animations of the horse's legs using different
media.
Alan Wilson and the RVC have graciously allowed these animations to be
downloaded for your educational use. These files will work inside
Powerpoint. Please give credit to the RVC's Structure and Motion
Laboratory. Click here to visit the laboratory's home page and learn about many more projects involving the horse's legs and hooves. Also meet our friend and researcher Chris Pardoe AWCF, a farrier working toward his PhD in the mechanics of the hoof Click
here for more downloads and lists of research papers originating from
this laboratory. Copyright 2003 Hoofcare
Publishing (www.hoofcare.com).
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