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Equine Locomotory Muscles
Postnatal Development and The Influence of Exercise
Liesbeth G. Dingboom
Utrecht - 2002
Pages: 129
Publisher: --
Edition: 2002
Language: English
ISBN: 90-393-2967-2
Description
There has always been a great interest in the equine musculoskeletal system, focusing on parameters related to the ability to perform at high sport levels. Functional muscle properties play a major role in the capacity to perform and sport competition creates the pressure for improvement. For this reason, many studies to the effects of exercise and training on muscle properties were performed on (young) adult horses. Exercise was shown to have a beneficial effect on the functional properties of muscles, such as power and resistance against fatigue. The question is, if further benefits can be achieved when very
young foals are subjected to exercise. In the first months after birth muscles are sensitive to changes in workload and adaptation occurs. It can be expected that, particularly in this dynamic period, exercise influences the normal maturation pattern. This, in turn, might
effect the capacity for later athletic performance as better possibilities may be created for
further adaptation during the conventional training period later in life.
Contents
Chapter 1: General introduction
Chapter 2: Postnatal muscle fibre composition of the gluteus medius muscle of Dutch warmblood foals; maturation and the influence of exercise
Chapter 3: Changes in fibre type composition of gluteus medius and semitendinosus muscles of Dutch warmblood foals and the effect of exercise during the first year of life
Chapter 4: Experimental analysis of error sources in fibre type counts of biopsies
Chapter 5: Postnatal development of the oxidative enzyme activity in equine locomotion muscles and the influence of exercise
Chapter 6: Age-induced changes in capillary supply of equine locomotion muscles and the importance of movement in early life
Chapter 7: Summarising discussion
Postnatal Development and The Influence of Exercise
Liesbeth G. Dingboom
Utrecht - 2002
Pages: 129
Publisher: --
Edition: 2002
Language: English
ISBN: 90-393-2967-2
Description
young foals are subjected to exercise. In the first months after birth muscles are sensitive to changes in workload and adaptation occurs. It can be expected that, particularly in this dynamic period, exercise influences the normal maturation pattern. This, in turn, might
effect the capacity for later athletic performance as better possibilities may be created for
further adaptation during the conventional training period later in life.
Contents
Chapter 1: General introduction
Chapter 2: Postnatal muscle fibre composition of the gluteus medius muscle of Dutch warmblood foals; maturation and the influence of exercise
Chapter 3: Changes in fibre type composition of gluteus medius and semitendinosus muscles of Dutch warmblood foals and the effect of exercise during the first year of life
Chapter 4: Experimental analysis of error sources in fibre type counts of biopsies
Chapter 5: Postnatal development of the oxidative enzyme activity in equine locomotion muscles and the influence of exercise
Chapter 6: Age-induced changes in capillary supply of equine locomotion muscles and the importance of movement in early life
Chapter 7: Summarising discussion
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