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ARTICLE CITATION

The effect of hippotherapy on ten children with cerebral palsy

Casady RL, Nichols-Larsen DS

Pediatric Physical Therapy (2004) 

 

ARTICLE DETAILS

Description

The purpose of this study was to determine whether hippotherapy has an effect on the general functional development of children with cerebral palsy.

The study employed a repeated-measures design with two pre-tests and two post-tests conducted 10 weeks apart using the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) and the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) as outcome measures. A convenience sample of 10 children with cerebral palsy participated whose ages were 2.3 to 6.8 years at baseline (mean +/- SD 4.1 +/- 1.7). Subjects received hippotherapy once weekly for 10 weeks between pre-test 2 and post-test 1. Test scores on the GMFM and PEDI were compared before and after hippotherapy

Profession 

Physical Therapist 

Location 

USA

Intervention Terminology

HPOT

Study Design 

Time series(pre/post) quasi-experimental research

Sample

10 children 

Age/Population

2.5 - 7 years 

Assessment/ Outcome measure tools

Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) & Ped Eval of Disability Inv. (PEDI)

Result Category 

Motor performance & functional status

Dosage/Description of Intervention

1x/week x 10 weeks