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Gisa Koller | 2009 | Vaulting | Many people who are affected by severe physical disabilities due to cerebral palsy and spasticity are using the opportunity of… Show more (+) Many people who are affected by severe physical disabilities due to cerebral palsy and spasticity are using the opportunity of psycho‐educational vaulting and riding therapy. After riding, those affected, as well as their caregivers, reported positive effects both on their mood and on improvements in mobility.Even during the promotion, improvement in mobility and tonicity can be observed. Therefore, I was faced with the question of how the change in mobility through riding could be measured, and direct effect represented. In addition to the development of a scientific method for measuring mobility, a measurement is needed for the individual which is suitable for daily use but which does not detract from therapy time.The following article, which is an overview of my thesis‐led single case study, describes the impact of remedial support with horses on the mobility and spasticity of adults with cerebral palsy. Show less (-) | €5.00 | ||
Lovorka ČULJAK | 2009 | Therapeutic Riding | Although the concept of rehabilitation and recreation of people with certain disabilities is still rather unknown, it is becoming more… Show more (+) Although the concept of rehabilitation and recreation of people with certain disabilities is still rather unknown, it is becoming more and more popular. Information in media indicates that therapeutic riding has a positive effect on the rider's quality of life.According to that, the general goal of this research was set to examine the effect of therapeutic riding on some life quality aspects of children with cerebral paralysis, who are attending a programme of therapeutic riding in the association Krila in Zagreb.Additionally, more specific goals were formed: to examine how parents evaluate the effect of therapeutic riding on physical, psychological and socio‐educational aspects of their children and also examine their opinion regarding therapeutic riding and their satisfaction with the programme. Show less (-) | €5.00 | ||
Petra Nowak | 2009 | Education and Training | The purpose of this thesis is to clarify values of Finnish riding therapists in their practical work. Results may be… Show more (+) The purpose of this thesis is to clarify values of Finnish riding therapists in their practical work. Results may be used in aid to establish the code of ethics of Finnish riding therapy by the Finnish Riding Therapy Association. Thesis is also directed to the Finnish riding therapy students and professionals to give depth to the implementation of clinical work and to awaken to the consideration of ethics in therapy. Show less (-) | €5.00 | ||
Irma Merabishvili, | 2009 | Hippotherapy | The goal of this work was to determine the disturbance of bearing and first degree idiopathic scoliosis in relation to… Show more (+) The goal of this work was to determine the disturbance of bearing and first degree idiopathic scoliosis in relation to age.The children were divided into two age groups (three groups of children aged 8 to 11 years and three groups of children aged 11 to 15 years). There were 8‐10 children in each group. Riding Therapy was performed as monotherapy until the completion of puberty. The whole period of the treatment was divided into 4 stages.The goal of the first stage was the psychological and physical preparation of the children for riding. The goal of the second stage was the reconstruction of an antigravitational system from standing to the state of horse‐riding.The goal of the third stage was the stabilisation of the nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disc and its correction in the case of deviation from the centre. Against a background of self‐stretching through riding to achieve the strengthening of plastic tonus of muscles maintaining the spine, exercises were performed in an isometric regimen, creating a stronger muscular corset around the spine.Investigations carried out at this stage established that treatment starting for children at the age of 8‐9 years was more effective than the treatment started in the second (older) age group. Thus, the Riding Therapy should begin ahead of the pubertal period.The goal of the fourth stage was to retain a medical effect, to improve general physical development, to increase a psycho‐neurological tonus, to prevent the state of attention deficit/hyperactivity in children and to consolidate a sound mode of life. Show less (-) | €5.00 | ||
Elina Aula | 2009 | Hippotherapy | Hippotherapy (HT) is a rehabilitation method for neurological clients. There isn’t much experience of hippotherapy with SCI clients in Finland… Show more (+) Hippotherapy (HT) is a rehabilitation method for neurological clients. There isn’t much experience of hippotherapy with SCI clients in Finland. Finnish Riding therapy includes hippotherapy, groundwork, carriage driving, educational riding and vaulting.Methods: The purpose of the case report was to clarify the possibilities of HT for SCI (tetraplegia) client, and find out what HT can give to the rehabilitation process.Client: 24‐year old female, ASIA B, motor level left C6, right C7. Before a car accident 2003 she was a competition rider.The data includes 4 weeks of hippotherapy; 3 therapy sessions per week, ground work with horse and carriage driving. Documentation with video camera, camera and the follow up of the client’s functions in daily living. Show less (-) | €5.00 | ||
Lorenzo Lucarelli, Montse Cuesta, Maria Barajas, | 2009 | Learning and Psychoeducation | Nowadays in Catalonia many riding clubs offer a hippotherapy or equestrian rehabilitation service; ‘though none, offer psychological assessment, and very… Show more (+) Nowadays in Catalonia many riding clubs offer a hippotherapy or equestrian rehabilitation service; ‘though none, offer psychological assessment, and very little educational therapy is provided in the hippotherapy centres.Therefore we decided to organise educational and leisure group events for psychic disabled as an introduction to the further organisation of therapeutic activities, which we hope to have recognised by our Government in a reasonably short time (few years), since in other European Countries they are already integrated in to the Public Health System.Our interdisciplinary team was composed of a psychologist, a nurse and a therapeutic riding instructor. We also wanted to integrate into the team a social educator and a physiotherapist, but we couldn’t afford so many professionals, so we received the voluntary help of some physiotherapy students, and the role of the social educator was played by the therapeutic riding instructor who is ending his specialisation in ethics, together with the psychologist who has several years experience working in the integration and social education field.We organised two group experiences of an example therapy session for psychic disabled with 16 people affected by different mental disabilities: Downs syndrome, cerebral palsy, brain damage and others, making the disabled clean and dress the horses, lead them by the rope, and then ride them moving straight, to the sides, upwards and downwards for a few hundred meters.Following the first two experiences we started a cycle of 6 sessions of psychological treatment assisted by horses for 4 of the 16 participants, who expressed the will to follow our therapy. They do one session per month, so the final outcome is not yet known, since the programme is not yet ended.What we mean to report here is that in the leisure sessions we noticed a great effect on the behavior of all participants: they all increased their level of activity and communication, they all reacted positively to the experience and tended to be better and more cooperative within the group activities not just during the experience in the riding club, but also the following few days back at the institution where they meet daily.Furthermore, 25% of the participants have felt and understood the positive effect of the riding session so much that they have asked to do it regularly and in depth.We have reached the conclusion then that the leisure experience is to be considered a good way to involve psychical disabled people into a horse assisted therapy programme. Show less (-) | €5.00 | ||
Carine Debandt, Stefi Lejeune, | 2009 | Therapeutic Riding | As a final project and part of the postgraduate training “Equine Assisted Therapy” (EAT) at the Arteveldehogeschool in Gent, we… Show more (+) As a final project and part of the postgraduate training “Equine Assisted Therapy” (EAT) at the Arteveldehogeschool in Gent, we organised a graduation project of 3 EAT camps for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) without diagnosed mental restriction. The purpose of these camps was the stimulation of the general wellbeing, both mental and physical, of the children. The camps offered a motivating opportunity where they could discover and develop themselves and learn to function in a group.The camps took place in Riding Centre Dennenhof at Landegem (Belgium), where over a period of 5 days the children were given a combination of psycho‐education, behavioural therapy, psychomotor therapy, creative therapy and relaxation exercise. During these days and therapies the children learned to know themselves in a context of different activities with the horses. Show less (-) | €5.00 | ||
Joanna Dzwonkowska | 2008 | Hippotherapy | I have been working for the last twelve years as a hippotherapist and speech therapist with children having various kinds… Show more (+) I have been working for the last twelve years as a hippotherapist and speech therapist with children having various kinds and degrees of disability. Many of my patients experience serious difficulties in communicating with their surroundings due to varying levels of mental handicap, central nervous system damage, or simple delay in speech development. These problems are manifested either in the lack of or difficulties with verbal expression, or in the lack of any understandable forms for conveying messages using sound or gesture.The basic question I ever address is, "exactly how is speech to serve my handicapped patients?".I wish to present in this paper my thoughts and experience in working with children with serious difficulties in communicating, along with the way in which hippotherapy sessions are helpful in developing their communication skills.To begin with, let us examine some notions connected with communication. Show less (-) | €5.00 | ||
Korhonen Tuula, Mattila-Rautiainen Sanna, Nyman Markku,Tossavainen Seija, | 2008 | Hippotherapy | Chronic low back pain is one of the most common disabilities among adults in the industrial countries. Most of the… Show more (+) Chronic low back pain is one of the most common disabilities among adults in the industrial countries. Most of the patients who use the services of the Kainuu Central hospital pain clinic suffer from low back pain. IASP (International Association of the study of Pain) defines pain as unpleasant sensory or emotional experience with possible or clear tissue damage, or which is described at the same way. Acute and chronic pain differ from each other clearly. Acute pain warns about danger that is threatening the human body. This starts us to evaluate the situation and to act upon the danger. Behind an acute pain is always some somatic disturbance or disease. Acute pain causes also many changes in the autonomic nervous system; blood pressure, muscle tension and heart rate raise when the body is in the alarm position. Chronic pain doesn't warn the body about threatening danger because clear pathology doesn't always exist. Chronic pain reduces human life. It causes zest for life, tiring and reluctance. The chronic pain brings also following symptoms: sleeping disturbances, depression, social isolation, unemployment and loss of control of life. Show less (-) | €5.00 | ||
Gondi Kunz | 2008 | Mental Health | In my capacity as a clinical psychotherapist and therapist I have for many years been in a position to observe… Show more (+) In my capacity as a clinical psychotherapist and therapist I have for many years been in a position to observe the profound fascination which the many-facetted work with horses exerts on anorexia women.I decided, therefore, within the framework of an empiric doctoral study (2004, University of Vienna) to examine the experiential qualities as well as the effects of therapeutic riding on women with anorexia nervosa, given special consideration to the in depth psychotherapy aspects. Apart from the experience relating to the direct physical contact with the horse, the emotional aspects of the relationship (grooming, care, feeding etc) were also examined.In addition I explored the influence of illness-related personality trails as well as changing, life-altering conditions on the subjective perception of the riding therapy.Since I also considered it important to take into account the point of view and theopinions of riding therapists who work with anorexia people, I conducted a written survey on the relevant findings, experiences and working approaches on the part of the therapists. Show less (-) | €5.00 |