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Despite a considerable increase in research into saddle function and fit recently, back pain and injury in ridden horses remains common. This study used an online survey consisting of 19 closed questions, 1 ranking scale question and 4 open free text questions to investigate behavioural and physical responses of horses trained or competing in dressage, eventing and showjumping, during mounting and riding. Kruskal Wallis analyses with post-hoc Mann Whitney U tests assessed if differences occurred between respondents across disciplines and competitive levels for the variables collected. A total 3,624 complete responses (80.1% completion rate) were analysed with nearly a tenth of respondents (9.2%, n = 416) reporting they rode a horse which was âcold-backedâ and needed to be lunged or put on a walker prior to mounting. A total of 30% (n = 1,339) of respondents had experienced an adverse behavioural response from horses when saddling/girthing during mounting; a further 64% (n = 2,902) reported that they had experienced a horse moving away during mounting and 34% (n = 1,542) reported tenderness when touching the horseâs back under the saddle. Using the same saddle on three horses increased the risk of a horse being âcold-backedâ by 1.5 times (
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Despite a considerable increase in research into saddle function and fit recently, back pain and injury in ridden horses remains common. This study used an online survey consisting of 19 closed questions, 1 ranking scale question and 4 open free text questions to investigate behavioural and physical responses of horses trained or competing in dressage, eventing and showjumping, during mounting and riding. Kruskal Wallis analyses with post-hoc Mann Whitney U tests assessed if differences occurred between respondents across disciplines and competitive levels for the variables collected. A total 3,624 complete responses (80.1% completion rate) were analysed with nearly a tenth of respondents (9.2%, n = 416) reporting they rode a horse which was âcold-backedâ and needed to be lunged or put on a walker prior to mounting. A total of 30% (n = 1,339) of respondents had experienced an adverse behavioural response from horses when saddling/girthing during mounting; a further 64% (n = 2,902) reported that they had experienced a horse moving away during mounting and 34% (n = 1,542) reported tenderness when touching the horseâs back under the saddle. Using the same saddle on three horses increased the risk of a horse being âcold-backedâ by 1.5 times (
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
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