Geplaatst Mijn paarden presteren er heel goed op.
Leuk om te lezen (en wellicht ook een beetje voor mijn eigen gemoedsrust/bevestiging haha
), dat kunststof-beslag ook in de wetenschappelijke kringen ook zeer goed ontvangen is!Hieronder de conclusie voor jullie gequote uit onderstaand onderzoek...
Betreffend kunststof gebruikt in dit onderzoek is HippoFlex.
Twaalf warmbloed-paarden die per paard 3x "behandeld" zijn: blote voet - kunststofbeslag - klassiek beslag.
Waarbij kunststof beter bleek dan de blote voet!
Synthetic shoes attenuate hoof impact
in the trotting warmblood horse
Willem Back*, Maaike HM van Schie and Jessica N Pol
Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University,
Yalelaan 114, NL-3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands
* Corresponding author: W.Back@vet.uu.nl
Submitted 15 November 2005: Accepted 15 July 2006
Hoof impact of forelimb was compared quantitatively in a
group of horses under three conditions: unshod, classical steel shoes and shod with a synthetic shoe. Twelve
sound warmblood horses were trotted by hand on an asphalt track at a mean speed of 3.5ms21 and measured
in a Latin square design (unshod condition, with steel shoes and with polyurethane (PU) shoes) using a triaxial
accelerometer that had been fixed to the lateral hoof wall of the left forelimb.
The sampling frequency was set at 10 kHz per channel.
The maximum amplitude of vertical and horizontal, forward/backward accelerations at
hoof impact was lowest when shod using the PU shoeing condition (P , 0.05), but the duration of the impact
vibrations was lowest when unshod. PU shoes cause more damping, less friction and slower shock absorption
at hoof level compared with the other two conditions and thus modify impact.
These short-term effects appear to be promising enough to evaluate PU
shoes under field conditions in reducing impact on the longer term after substantial wear and tear. Furthermore,
the possible role of synthetic materials in repairing critical tissues or even in preventing osteoarthritis
in horses warrants further investigation.
