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ARTICLE CITATION

Activation of lower limb muscles with different types of mount in hippotherapy

Ribeiro, Espindula, Junior, Tolentino, Ribeiro da Silva, Araujo, Ferreira, Teixeira

Journal of Body Work and Movement Therapies (2018)

ARTICLE DETAILS

Description

To analyze muscle activation of lower limbs (LL) of subjects in hippotherapy sessions.

Profession 

Physical Therapy 

Location 

Brazil 

Intervention Terminology

HPOT

Study Design 

Cross-sectional research

Sample

10 Adults 

Age/Population

19-28 years 

Assessment/ Outcome measure tools

Electromyographic analysis was performed with a surface electromyography unit, model EMG800RF, of EMG System of Brazil®

Result Category 

Muscle Activation of Lower Extremities

Dosage/Description of Intervention

4 - 30 minute sessions with different tack used for each of the sessions