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Ten Warmblood show jumping horses (7\u201313 years; 7 geldings, 3 mares) underwent forelimb re-shoeing with rolled rocker shoes, one limb at a time (\u201climb-by-limb\u201d). Movement symmetry was measured with inertial sensors attached to the head, withers, and pelvis during straight-line trot and lunging. Normalized differences pre\/post re-shoeing were compared to published test\u2013retest repeatability values. Mixed-model analysis with random factors horse and limb within horse and fixed factors surface and exercise direction evaluated movement symmetry changes (p &lt; 0.05, Bonferroni correction). Withers movement indicated increased forelimb push-off with the re-shod limb on the inside of the circle and reduced weight-bearing with the re-shod limb and the ipsilateral hind limb on hard ground compared to soft ground. Movement symmetry measurements indicate that a rolled rocker shoe allows for increased push-off on soft ground in trot in a circle. Similar studies should study different types of shoes for improved practically relevant knowledge about shoeing mechanics, working towards evidence-based preventative shoeing.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24154848","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,25]],"date-time":"2024-07-25T14:31:07Z","timestamp":1721917867000},"page":"4848","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Inertial Sensor-Based Quantification of Movement Symmetry in Trotting Warmblood Show-Jumping Horses after \u201cLimb-by-Limb\u201d Re-Shoeing of Forelimbs with Rolled Rocker Shoes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Craig","family":"Bark","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London NW1 0TU, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8976-4386","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patrick","family":"Reilly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19348, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Renate","family":"Weller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0702-4289","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thilo","family":"Pfau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada"},{"name":"Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"266","DOI":"10.1111\/j.2042-3306.1991.tb03715.x","article-title":"Identification of subclinical tendon injury from ground reaction force analysis","volume":"23","author":"Dow","year":"1991","journal-title":"Equine Vet. 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