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Horseback riding therapy in addition to conventional rehabilitation program decreases spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: A small sample study
- Source :
- Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 23:26-29
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- Objective To evaluate the short-term effects of horseback riding therapy in addition to a conventional rehabilitation program in children with cerebral palsy. Methods Nine children receiving horseback riding therapy in addition to conventional rehabilitation (Group 1) and seven children receiving conventional rehabilitation alone (Group 2) were assessed at baseline and 5 weeks later. Assessed were: modified functional reach test (MFRT), hip abduction angle, the Ashworth Scale for hip adductor muscle spasticity, knee distance test, and the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). Results The percentage change in hip adductor spasticity on the Ashworth Scale was 22% in Group 1 and 0% in Group 2 (significant difference; p = 0.016). Comparison of changes on the MFRT, GMFCS, knee distance test and hip abduction angle showed that the differences between Groups 1 and 2 were not significant. Conclusions In these children, horseback riding therapy in addition to conventional rehabilitation resulted in significant improvement in adductor spasticity on short-term follow-up.
- Subjects :
- Male
musculoskeletal diseases
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Cerebral palsy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
medicine
Humans
Spasticity
Child
Equine-Assisted Therapy
Rehabilitation
business.industry
Cerebral Palsy
Horseback riding
Small sample
Gross Motor Function Classification System
medicine.disease
Hip abduction
Complementary and alternative medicine
Muscle Spasticity
Physical therapy
Female
medicine.symptom
Adductor muscles
0305 other medical science
business
human activities
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17443881
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aec86e1763e65803596f65c3687d8fe6