Sleip

An artificial intelligence, cloud-based, motion analysis program used to detect and quantify asymmetries in the horse's movement pattern.

  • Tracks over 100 anatomical points on the moving horse

    • no inertial sensors (smart phone-based video technology)

  • Stride-by-stride analysis

    • quantifying gait asymmetry 

    • detecting small irregularities at an early stage

    • track progress over time

  • zoomed-in, slow motion video 

SLEIP is an iPhone based artificial intelligence motion analysis system.  It analyzes the horse's gait pattern from iPhone video recordings (without requiring inertial sensors).   The system detects and quantifies asymmetries in the movement pattern, even those so subtle they are invisible to the human eye. It tracks 100 anatomical points on the horse as the horse moves and reports a stride-by-stride analysis within minutes.  

The analysed data is saved, in a cloud-based infrastructure, with the motion videos and can be used to compare to future exams in order to track response to training, treatment or therapeutic shoeing, as well as rehabilitation and prehabilitation progress over time.  The system has a very low mean error of 2mm and can reliably identify gait patterns indicating strains in rehabilitating tissues prior to overt lameness.  

During lameness exams, the system can be used to compare asymmetry measurements before and after diagnostic analgesia and flexion tests.  A minimum of 20 strides are required but more may be taken for analysis to increase the sensitivity and reliability, especially if the horse is playful.  Quadrants are used to indicate impact /push off weaknesses and the length of the vector lines indicates the severity of the asymmetry.  The analysis results include a zoomed-in, slow-motion video to document the gait pattern 

We can use the SLEIP system to establish your horses normal baseline motion pattern as part of any wellness, prehabilitation, rehabilitation or performance examination.  Regular exams, with repeatable findings indicate a baseline pattern.  Any follow up exams performed throughout the season can be compared to this baseline to identify any increase in asymmetries, allowing preventative treatments before a lameness occurs.

To read more about Sleip from the manufacturer, see this link.