Psychomotor Impairments

  • Effectiveness of equine therapy in children with psychomotor impairment

    del Rosario-Montejo, O., Molina-Rueda, F., Muñoz-Lasa, S., & Alguacil-Diego,
    Neurología (2015) 

    Description
    We examine the development of gross motor function compared to other psychomotor skills in patients undergoing this therapy and analyze how this improvement affects general health status and quality of life.

    Results
    We observed significant differences in overall results on the GMFM-88 between the initial and final tests and between the intermediate and final tests. Regarding the PedsQL quality of life scale, no statistically significant results were recorded.

    Conclusion
    Noticeable changes in motor control were recorded throughout the course of the intervention, which suggests that equine therapy may be appropriate treatment in cases of delayed psychomotor development.

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  • Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology

  • Spain

  • HPOT & therapeutic horseback riding

  • Longitudinal prospective study with no control group

  • 11 children

  • 3-15 years 

  • GMFCS, GMFM-88, PedsQL

  • Motor performance, QOL

  • 45 minutes, 1 day per week, 4 months

  • Del Rosario-Montejo, O., Molina-Rueda, F., Muñoz-Lasa, S., & Alguacil-Diego, I. M. (2015). Effectiveness of equine therapy in children with psychomotor impairment. Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain), 30(7), 425–432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nrl.2013.12.023

Giagazoglou, P., Arabatzi, F., Dipla, K., Liga, M., & Kellis, E. (2012). Effect of a hippotherapy intervention program on static balance and strength in adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Research in Dev Disabilities

  • The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a hippotherapy program on static balance and strength in adolescents with intellectual disability (ID). Nineteen adolescents with moderate ID were assigned either an experimental group (n=10) or a control group (n=9). The experimental group attended a 10-week hippotherapy program. To assess static balance, three tasks of increasing difficulty (Double-Leg Stance with opened or closed eyes, and One-Leg Stance with opened eyes) were performed while standing on an EPS pressure platform (Loran Engineering S.r.I., Bologna, Italy). 

  • Improvements in strength and balance tasks by adolescents with ID who participated in the 10-week hippotherapy intervention program.

  • Giagazoglou, P., Arabatzi, F., Dipla, K., Liga, M., & Kellis, E. (2012). Effect of a hippotherapy intervention program on static balance and strength in adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Research in Dev Disabilities, 33(6), 2265-2270.