A woman with blonde hair, wearing a pale red shirt smiles into the camera.
Marie Rhodin. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner, SLU

Marie Rhodin, professor of domestic animal anatomy

Page reviewed:  24/02/2026

Marie Rhodin is a professor of domestic animal anatomy. Her inauguration lecture has the title "Att se vad det haltande ögat missar: Objektiv rörelseanalys som grund för modern hältdiagnostik".

Marie Rhodin is a specialist in orthopaedic diseases, movement patterns and strains in horses. Using high-speed cameras, sensors and analysis tools, she detects motion asymmetries that are hard to see with the naked eye in horses that are lame or in pain. Many equine clinics around the world now make objective measurements of horses' movements using methodology based on her research. Today, she explores fundamental questions about horse health, such as how horses display lameness at different gaits and speeds and the connection between asymmetry and pain. She also works with lameness in cows and dogs.

 

A smiling woman standing by a horse.
Marie Rhodin. Photo: Viktor Wrange

 

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