Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria used to review the title and abstract of publications for appraisal of evidence on warm-up strategies and effects on performance in horses.

Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
Original research articles or systematic reviews	Single case studies, personal opinions, non-peer reviewed studies, textbooks, or technical literature
Studies published in full and available in English	Studies only available as abstracts, or not available in English
Studies relating to equids including clinical case studies and trials, and in vivo equine models	Studies relating to other species than equids, or in vitro equine models
	Studies for which warm-up strategy was incompletely described and/or not objectively applied