The severity of ataxia in horses is graded on a scale from 0 (normal) to 5 (recumbent, unable to rise). The correct assessment of ataxia in horses is critical to diagnostics, treatment, and evaluation of response to treatment. However, this grading scale is somewhat subjective, has only moderate to poor agreement between observers, and lacks sufficient discriminatory ability.The objective for this study was to evaluate the use of triaxial accelerometers for gait analysis in horses and specifically to determine whether they would differentiate between sound horses and those with neurologic disease.
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