Leisure riding is a popular way of using horses however, unlike sport or racing horses, those are mostly not associated with one rider with high skills. Constant overload of equine musculoskeletal system causes pathologies, which are affecting horse mobility and decreases the horse-rider communication. The aim was to propose the new scoring system of thermograph analysis as an aspect of differences in heat distributions on horseback before and after leisure ridings. The study was conducted on sixteen Polish warmblood horses, scanned with a non-contact thermographic camera. Heat pattern of the thoracolumbar area was evaluated on thermograms taken before and after exercise. The criteria with point values for horse-rider-matching were created: heat points on the dorsal midline of saddle-back contact area and degree of muscle unit overload. The results of thermograph analysis were compared with the results of a questionnaire on horse-rider communication during riding in order to estimate the relevance of matching. The maximum score was obtained in 38.3% and 39.8% of combinations based on the thermograph analysis and questionnaire, respectively. Results of both scoring systems were strongly positive correlated (r = .937), demonstrating high sensitivity (61.72%) and specificity (90.23%) of the matching. The horse-rider matching may improve horse comfort during leisure type of work.

中文翻译：

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马背温度映射在休闲赛马比赛中的应用。

休闲骑马是一种流行的骑马方式，但是与运动或赛马不同，休闲马大多与技能高的骑手无关。马肌肉骨骼系统持续超载会导致病理，从而影响马的活动性并减少马与骑手之间的交流。目的是提出一种新的热成像分析评分系统，作为休闲骑马前后马背热量分布差异的一个方面。这项研究是用非接触式热像仪扫描的16匹波兰温血马进行的。根据运动前后的体温记录图评估胸腰部区域的热模式。创建了具有骑马匹配点值的标准：鞍背接触区域背中线上的热点和肌肉单位超负荷程度。将热像仪分析的结果与骑马过程中马友交流调查表的结果进行比较，以估计匹配的相关性。根据热像仪分析和问卷调查，分别在38.3％和39.8％的组合中获得最高分。两种评分系统的结果均呈高度正相关（r = .937），证明了匹配的高灵敏度（61.72％）和特异性（90.23％）。骑马者匹配可以在休闲类型的工作中提高马匹的舒适度。两种评分系统的结果均呈高度正相关（r = .937），证明了匹配的高灵敏度（61.72％）和特异性（90.23％）。骑马者匹配可以在休闲类型的工作中提高马匹的舒适度。两种评分系统的结果均呈高度正相关（r = .937），证明了匹配的高灵敏度（61.72％）和特异性（90.23％）。骑马者匹配可以在休闲类型的工作中提高马匹的舒适度。