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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2025

Effects of a rehabilitative whole-body resistance band wrap on equine gait, posture, cortisol, and muscular function.

Brooke Boger, Maegha Naraian, Emily Hernandez, Alexis Eaton, Ruby Rockburn, Isabella Tillman, Stesha Payne, Chelsey Yob, Char Panek, Jane M Manfredi

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Brooke BogerMcPhail Equine Performance Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Maegha NaraianMcPhail Equine Performance Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Emily HernandezMcPhail Equine Performance Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Alexis EatonMcPhail Equine Performance Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Ruby RockburnMcPhail Equine Performance Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Isabella TillmanMcPhail Equine Performance Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Stesha PayneDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Chelsey YobDepartment of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Char PanekMcPhail Equine Performance Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Jane M ManfrediMcPhail Equine Performance Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resistance bands used while horses are exercised with their handlers have shown benefits, but it is unknown if whole-body resistance bands used independently have therapeutic benefits. This study hypothesized that horses with varying gait asymmetries would experience improvements in lameness, muscular function, range of motion, posture, and cortisol following short-term use of a whole-body resistance band wrap (RBW). In this study, nine lame adult horses were evaluated with and without the RBW. The assessment included: objective gait analysis, acoustic myography, postural analysis, gait kinematics, and salivary cortisol concentrations. Statistical analyses included: Shapiro-Wilk Test, Paired Student T-Tests or non-parametric Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Tests (significant at

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PMID41684718
PMCPMC12892970

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