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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"hippotherapy"”.
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Can Hippotherapy Improve Gait in Spastic Cerebral Palsy?
… with CP related gait abnormalities.<br/><br/>Hippotherapy, carried out with the involvement of a physiotherapist, is the use of horse riding to aid individuals with physical and sensory disabilities. Previous studies have found that hippotherapy can help improve muscle tone, postural control …
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The Effect of Hippotherapy on Ten Children with Cerebral Palsy
… subjects before, during and after ten weeks of hippotherapy. Hippo is "horse" in greek. Hippotherapy is treatment using the movement of the horse to improve neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction. A convenience sample of ten subjects with cerebral palsy participated in this study. The subjects were …
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Designing, constructing, and testing a second-generation prototype mechanical hippotherapy horse.
The use of horses as a means of therapy has been documented for some time. To determine why this type of therapy works and to provide a means of expanding its accessibility, a mechanical horse has been developed. Data collected on the movement of live horses during a previous study was used as a …
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Comparing the pelvis kinematics of able-bodied children during normal gait and when riding a therapeutic horse.
Hippotherapy is a treatment strategy that uses horse movement as physical therapy tool for clients with a broad range of diagnoses including cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. The prevailing theory is that the gait motion of the therapeutic horse provides sensory stimulus and movement patterns …
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Development of a Structured Horseback Riding Therapeutic Program for Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy
… main component explored in this research targets hippotherapy effects in building trunk and postural stability. This project explores how therapeutic horse riding sessions can relate to her specific goals in her future career. In return, this work will add for potential modifications to future …
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Human kinematic responses to walking and riding camels and horses.
Hippotherapy is a novel and promising therapeutic method. The prevailing rationale for hippotherapy is that the motion of a horse can provide movement patterns that mimic those of walking. The purpose of this study is to measure and compare human pelvic kinematics during natural walking, horse …
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Metody práce s žáky s mentálním postižením v základních školách speciálních ve Zlínském kraji
… They also offer music therapy, canistherapy, hippotherapy, ergotherapy, art therapy, elements of aromatherapy and dramatherapy and orofacial therapy. Some schools have a physiotherapist...
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Equine-assisted activities and therapies for children with autism spectrum disorders
… Different approaches to therapeutic riding and hippotherapy, the most studied interventions, were evident. Theoretical linkages among change mechanisms, intervention designs incorporating horses, and outcomes were rare. Explanatory formal theories and possible change mechanisms were more …
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Horse AWAREness
Always Wanted A Riding Experience (AWARE) is a therapeutic equestrian riding center in San Marcos, Texas. The horses living and working at AWARE are integral to the program’s success, yet only the instructors and a few volunteers know these amazing animals very well, on either a general species …
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Srovnávací kineziologická analýza opačného sedu v hipoterapii u dvou plemen koní
Název: Vliv plemene a tempa jeho kroku na timing svalů v hipoterapii Cíle: Cílem práce je v tématicky se seznámit s problematikou hiporehabilitace a hipoterapie. Dále pak zjistit, zda plemeno koně a tempo jeho kroku má vliv na timing svalů v hipoterapi v pozici opačného sedu s oporou o předloktí a …
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Aplicación del método Delphi en el diseño de una investigación cuantitativa de hipoterapia como método alternativo a enfermedades neuronales
Contexto: El propósito de esta investigación es conocer sobre la eficiencia y eficacia de los beneficios que la hipoterapia aporta a los niños con autismo en lo que respecta a habilidades sociales, motrices y comunicativas. Todo esto, mediante la realización de actividades con caballos que sirven …
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Post Traumatic Story Disorder: Using the Power of Narrative to Heal the Invisible Wounds of War
Abstract Soldiers traumatized by war often experience debilitating effects of invisible wounds such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An obstacle to recovery from PTSD for male soldiers can be an inability to share their stories. This obstacle is exacerbated by the construct of American …
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Post traumatic story disorder: using the power of narrative to heal the invisible wounds of war
Abstract Soldiers traumatized by war often experience debilitating effects of invisible wounds such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An obstacle to recovery from PTSD for male soldiers can be an inability to share their stories. This obstacle is exacerbated by the construct of American …