Anna Walker - Research-Active Staff

Previous research has investigated novel in field and semi-automated methods of gait analysis to aid detection and quantify movement asymmetry indicative of mild pathology. Recent studies have utilised a range of novel technologies including force plates, inertial sensors, optical motion capture and high speed video to observe the gait of a range of quadrupeds including cows and horses.

Other research interests include the application of gait analysis as a training or diagnostic tool and the effects of a circular path on equine gait.

• Walker, A. M., T. Pfau, Channon, A., Wilson, A. (2009). "Assessment of dairy cow locomotion in a commercial farm setting: The effects of walking speed on ground reaction forces and temporal and linear stride characteristics." Res Vet Sci.  
• Church, E. E., Walker, A. M., Wilson, A. M., Pfau, T. (2009). "Evaluation of discriminant analysis based on dorsoventral symmetry indices to quantify hindlimb lameness during over ground locomotion in the horse." Equine Vet J 41(3): 304-8.
• Channon, A. J.,Walker, A. M., Pfau, T., Sheldon, I. M., Wilson, A. M. (2009). "Variability of Manson and Leaver locomotion scores assigned to dairy cows by different observers." Vet Rec 164(13): 388-92.
• Colborne, G. R., Walker, A.M., Tattersall, A. J., Fuller, C. J. (2006). "Effect of trotting velocity on work patterns of the hind limbs of Greyhounds." Am J Vet Res 67(8): 1293-8.
• Walker, A. M., Pfau, T., Wilson, A. M. (2010) "Comparison of Kinematic Symmetry Index Calculations and the Effects of Straight and Circular Trotting." Equine Vet J 42 Suppl.(38):482-7

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Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) 2008, Poster presentation ‘Changes in ground reaction force profiles in dairy cattle as a function of time, speed and lameness’.

BEVA (British Equine Veterinary Association) 2009 Oral presentation ‘Comparison of dorsoventral displacement of the pelvis in straight and circular motion’.

ICEEP (International Conference on Equine Exercise Physiology) November 2010 Poster sent for presentation with submitted manuscript ‘Comparison of index calculation in trotting horses and the effects of straight and circular motion’.

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