The Next Decade for Sport Horses Will Be the Time of Wearable Technology: Wearable Techonology for Sport Horses

Guilherme de Camargo Ferraz

doi:10.64292/ijes.90

Authors

Guilherme de Camargo Ferraz Associate Professor - Laboratory of Pharmacology and Physiology of Equine Exercise (LAFEQ), Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences (FCAV), São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal 14884-900, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6463-6628

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.64292/ijes.90

Author Biography

Guilherme de Camargo Ferraz, Associate Professor - Laboratory of Pharmacology and Physiology of Equine Exercise (LAFEQ), Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences (FCAV), São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal 14884-900, São Paulo, Brazil

I am an Associate Professor on Equine Exercise Physiology in the Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Sao Paulo State University - FCAV/UNESP. Our Master's and Ph.D. studies focused on investigating the pharmacologic and ergogenic effects of administration of drugs like caffeine, aminophylline or clenbuterol and oral supplements (creatine) on physiologic variables in exercising horses. In 2010, we completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the UNESP performing research investigations in exercising horses, especially on exercise testing in the field. Recently, we have started scientific studies on dog exercise physiology. I am the author of over 68 peer-reviewed scientific publications relevant to exercise in horses and dogs. Special interests include determination of lactate threshold in horses and dogs, the relevant factors to successful athletic performance, and nutrition and disease in either short or long-distance exercise in horses and dogs. I am a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal Equine Veterinary Science. Last June we published an article on the effect of a lactate‐guided conditioning program on heart rate variability obtained using 24-Holter electrocardiography in dogs. Currently, we are finishing a study on an overtraining (OT) animal model. This work aims to apply an endurance protocol for rats designed to induce a training-OT continuum identified by a longitudinal analysis of treadmill performance and behavioural tests. Some of Guilherme's more recent publications can be found in the American Journal of Veterinary Research, Plos One, Research in Veterinary Science, Polymer Journal, Journal Equine Veterinary Science, and Comparative Exercise Physiology.

References

Kee P, Anderson N, Gargiulo GD, Velie BD. A synopsis of wearable commercially available biometric-monitoring devices and their potential applications during gallop racing. Equine Veterinary Education. https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.13800.