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FLAIR® Strips Education and Research
Clinical and university studies in equine science and sports medicine research have shown that the use of FLAIR Strips reduces airway resistance, fatigue, lung stress and bleeding in horses during physical exertion. Studies have also shown that horses wearing FLAIR Strips conserve oxygen during exercise and experience a shorter recovery time following exercise. Below are excerpts from FLAIR Strips clnical studies. To read the abstracts, click here. Horses Only Breathe Through Their Noses
“During exercise, the horse is an obligate nasal breather and inspiratory pulmonary resistance approximately doubles with 50% of the total resistance originating within the nasal passages.”
Horses Wearing FLAIR Strips Breathe Easier by Reducing Nasal Resistance
“Nasal resistance accounts for approximately 50% of total airway resistance in exercising horses…Because the nasal valve is the narrowest point in the nasal cavity, it is a major contributor to nasal resistance.”
“. . . Analysis of these results suggests that the nasal strip increases the diameter of the nasal passage and the stability of the soft-tissue structures in the nose.” " . . . Endoscopic examination of the nasal valve region during application of the nasal strip to the horse’s nose revealed an increase in the area of the nasal valve. The nasal strip tented the skin over the nasal valve, pulled the dorsal conchal fold laterally, and increased the cross-sectional area of the dorsal meatus.” N. Edward Robinson, et al., “Effect of commercially available nasal strips on airway resistance in exercising horses”, AJVR, 63:8, August 2002, pp 1101-1105.
FLAIR Strips Provide Reduced Resistance to Air Movement
“In the study reported here, horses had decreased airway resistance and less negative inspiratory pressures during intense exercise when wearing the nasal strip.” N. Edward Robinson, et al., “Effect of commercially available nasal strips on airway resistance in exercising horses”, AJVR, 63:8, August 2002, pp 1101-1105.
FLAIR Strips’ Benefits Result In:
Reduced EIPH“Several invstigations have also shown that the nasal strip significantly reduces EIPH severity in galloping horses, presumably by minimizing the negative airway and alvcolar pressures that impinge on the fragile blood gas barrier. In the current study, the reduction in EIPH severity was similar to that seen in previous submaximal and near-maximal exercise studies. This finding is intriguing and several explanations exist as to why the nasal strip appears to maintain its effectiveness over a range of exercise intensities…Thus, the nasal strip appears to be a viable prophylaxis for EIPH during maximal galloping and was at least as effective as furosemide in the present investigation.”
Reduced Fatigue“Previous work has demonstrated a significant reduction in VO2 at a given speed with nasal strips compared with control (approx 5%), likely due to a reduction in the O2 cost of breathing…and this was also the case in the current investigation, as time to fatigue was significantly elevated…”
Providing Better Performance and Reduced Race to Race Interval Through Healthy Lungs
“ . . . In the field, nearly 400 horses that wore nasal strips were evaluated at the Calder Race Course in Florida in 1999-2000. It was observed that horses with the strip had a win percentage 3.4% higher than horses that did not wear a strip. Horses wearing a nasal strip had a 15% decrease in the interval to the next race (23 days) compared with the race-to-race interval before wearing a nasal strip (29 days).”
FLAIR Strips are a Drug Free Way to Support the Health of Horses
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"Horses wearing a nasal strip had a 15% decrease in the interval to the next race compared with the race-to-race interval before wearing a nasal strip . . ." - Howard H. Erickson, DVM, PhD, et al. |
