Abstract
In dit overzichtsartikel wordt beschreven hoe inspanningscapaciteit bij het sportpaard kan worden gemeten en welke gestandaardiseerde inspanningstesten (SET) bestaan. Er worden twee types SETs gebruikt: de gemakkelijk standaardiseerbare, lopende bandtest en de veldtesten, waarbij de gebruikelijke omstandigheden beter nagebootst kunnen worden, maar waardoor meer variabiliteit in de metingen ontstaat. Er worden verschillende parameters gemeten, zoals de snelheid bij een hartslag van 200 slagen/min (V200), de snelheid waarbij de bloed-lactaatgehaltes boven 4 mmol/L stijgen (Vla4) en de maximale zuurstofopname (VO2max).
Highlights
The increasing professionalism of different equine sports disciplines entails that an increasing load of training and competition is imposed upon sport horses, both at international competition level and at the level of a growing group of semi-professional, recreative riders
Proper assessment of the exercise capacity and training response of sport horses is of major importance for animal welfare
It is well known that when sport horses compete at levels above their exercise capacity, sports injuries are very likely to occur
Summary
The increasing professionalism of different equine sports disciplines entails that an increasing load of training and competition is imposed upon sport horses, both at international competition level and at the level of a growing group of semi-professional, recreative riders. Fitness level evaluation of elite human athletes is performed during controlled, standardized exercise tests that are adapted for specific sports disciplines and during which physiological parameters are monitored, such as heart rate (HR), blood lactic acid, respiratory parameters, maximum power output, maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), and in some cases, the assessment of muscle biopsies. These tests can be applied either in laboratoriy conditions on either a treadmill or cycle ergometers, or outdoors in the field, for instance using a back pack equipped with a mobile VO2max analyzer. The different protocols can be divided in incremental protocols, which consist of multiple steps of increasing intensity (velocity) and in single-step protocols
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