Other Programs Measure Exercise, but the LARC TEST Focuses on Recovery
Exercise recovery is the time when metabolism is still increased since the body needs to go back to rest values. If any of the major systems involved during exercise (cardiac, muscular, respiratory) is underperforming, recovery will be affected first, before symptoms appear.
The LARC TEST Measures Three Key Systems
After +10 years of research and development, the LARCTEST allows us to detect normal and abnormal recovery of the cardiac, muscular, and pulmonary system in real-world training conditions.
How Does It Work?
The LARCTEST combines a measurement of three key physiological areas of the horse with research-based software to determine the impact that the level of effort has on those systems.
The Science Explained
See how the LARC TEST can differentiate between an unfit horse and unhealthy horse — when he is not showing any symptoms other than poor performance. In this video, Dr. Cecilia Tula, veterinarian, exercise physiologist, and LARC TEST creator, explains how you can use the LARC TEST to get better information about a horse’s health and fitness levels.
The LARC TEST gives you access to better information about a horse’s physical health and fitness levels. Additionally, it creates incremental revenue opportunities and better customer engagement. Dr. Whitaker, a veterinarian at Brazos Valley Equine Hospital in Texas, explains how using the LARC TEST can be beneficial to vet clinics.
10+ Years Ongoing Research & Development
15+ Years Veterinary Experience
MEET THE VET
Cecilia Tula, Veterinarian and Exercise Physiologist Specialist
Cecilia has been a professor in the Physiology area at the Veterinary School of Buenos Aires University for 14 years, working on scientific research. her passion was exercise physiology, and that's why she worked with training centers and trainers for every major discipline, starting with racing, polo, harness, jumping, barrel, and endurance.
The journey to find a better way to condition horses originally began with Cecilia’s desire to train horses. With her background in sports medicine, Cecilia was familiar with the concepts of training load, frequency, aerobic workout, anaerobic workout, injuries, rehabilitation, and the problems caused from under-developed conditioning programs.
In 2009, Cecilia started testing horses and began to question and challenge conventional clinical measures. Instead, she began to incorporate other factors such as blood analysis, endoscopy, and ventigraphy into performance data.
“I knew the key part of conditioning a horse was to listen to what he is saying. The horse talks to us through his heart, muscles, and lungs. We just needed a way to translate it.”
Cecilia set out to work with trainers out in the field to help them understand even more about their horses and give them information to make decisions based on scientific data. After more than 350 clinical trials in high-performance horses, the LARC TEST was created.
In addition to working as a veterinarian, Cecilia worked in three major multinational laboratories such as Pfizer (now Zoetis), Merck, and Boehringer Ingelheim specializing in the veterinary industry. She has also spent time working for a sport horse nutrition company in Argentina.
Under Cecilia’s leadership, the LARC TEST has been selected by 500 Startups (investment found and acceleration program) as one of the innovative businesses worth watching.