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This research review and meta-analysis presents an overview of the effects of hippotherapy and therapeutic horseback riding (THR) on postural control or balance in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
Purpose: Comprehensively and systematically map peer-reviewed studies of hippotherapy published over 30 years, from 1980 through 2018, from the perspective of a phased scientific approach to developing complex interventions as a guide to future research and practice. Methods: A systematic mapping review of research of hippotherapy was conducted.
The aim of the study was to establish correlations between participation of children with cerebral palsy (CP) in hippotherapy classes and their social functioning. A qualitative strategy was adopted in the study, with the focus on case study methodology. The analysis concerned changes in social functioning of twelve children with CP. It was adopted for the purposes of this study that potential.
But hippotherapy shouldn't be confused with therapeutic riding -- hippotherapy is a medically based treatment tool, whereas therapeutic riding involves teaching people with disabilities equestrian.
Motor Performance in Veterans with Disabilities: A Case Report R L Aldridge Jr, 1 A. Morgan, 2 A. Lewis Abstract The purpose of this case report was to compare traditional physical therapy to hippotherapy combined with traditional physical therapy on the motor performance of a 34-year-old male military veteran with low back and neck pain. Hippotherapy, as a treatment strategy, uses the.
Hippotherapy is a physical, occupational and speech therapy treatment that uses therapeutic horseback riding to provide carefully graded sensory input. Although many people associate hippotherapy with physical therapy, hippotherapy as a speech and language therapy strategy is growing more common. Hippotherapy uses a horse to accomplish traditional speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing.
What is hippotherapy? The indications and effectiveness of hippotherapy Tuba Tulay Koca,1 Hilmi Ataseven2 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Malatya State Hospital, Malatya, Turkey 2Public Hospitals Union, Malatya, Turkey ABSTRACT Hippotherapy is a form of physical, occupational and speech therapy in which a therapist uses the characteristic movements of a horse to provide.