Software for analysis of equine ground reaction force data

Abstract

Software for analysis of force plate recordings of the horse at normal walk is described. The data of a number of stance phases are averaged to obtain a representative tracing of that horse. The amplitudes of a number of characteristic peaks in the force-time curves are used to compare left and right front limbs and left and right hind limbs. The averaged tracings are plotted, default on the line printer or, via a separate program, on a high quality pen plotter. A version of the program applicable for analysis of human force plate recordings, is available.