Hippotherapy—An Intervention to Habilitate Balance Deficits in Children With Movement Disorders: A Clinical Trial
| Autor: | Debbie Silkwood-Sherer, Toby Long, Clyde B. Killian, Kathy Martin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Activities of daily living Adolescent Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Cerebral palsy Disability Evaluation Activities of Daily Living Post-hoc analysis Postural Balance medicine Humans Child Balance (ability) Equine-Assisted Therapy Analysis of Variance Movement Disorders Cerebral Palsy medicine.disease Child Preschool Cohort Physical therapy Female Analysis of variance Down Syndrome medicine.symptom Psychology Balance problems |
| Zdroj: | Physical Therapy. 92:707-717 |
| ISSN: | 1538-6724 0031-9023 |
| DOI: | 10.2522/ptj.20110081 |
| Popis: | Background Clinical observations have suggested that hippotherapy may be an effective strategy for habilitating balance deficits in children with movement disorders. However, there is limited research to support this notion. Objective The purposes of this study were to assess the effectiveness of hippotherapy for the management of postural instability in children with mild to moderate balance problems and to determine whether there is a correlation between balance and function. Design A repeated-measures design for a cohort of children with documented balance deficits was used. Methods Sixteen children (9 boys and 7 girls) who were 5 to 16 years of age and had documented balance problems participated in this study. Intervention consisted of 45-minute hippotherapy sessions twice per week for 6 weeks. Two baseline assessments and 1 postintervention assessment of balance, as measured with the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS), and of function, as measured with the Activities Scale for Kids—Performance (ASKp), were performed. Results With the Friedman analysis of variance, the PBS and the ASKp were found to be statistically significant across all measurements (P.05). Limitations Lack of a control group and the short duration between baseline assessments are study limitations. Conclusions The findings suggest that hippotherapy may be a viable strategy for reducing balance deficits and improving the performance of daily life skills in children with mild to moderate balance problems. |
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