| Title |
Short-term and long-term effects of riding for children with cerebral palsy gross motor functions |
| Authors |
Žalienė, L ; Mockevičienė, D ; Kreivinienė, B ; Razbadauskas, A ; Kleiva, Ž ; Kirkutis, A |
| DOI |
10.1155/2018/4190249 |
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| Is Part of |
BioMed research international.. London : Hindawi. 2018, vol. 2018, art. no. 4190249, p. 1-6.. ISSN 2314-6133. eISSN 2314-6141 |
| Keywords [eng] |
hippotherapy ; horseback riding ; cerebral palsy |
| Abstract [eng] |
Aim. To evaluate the effects of riding for beginners (short-term) and advanced (long-term) riders with cerebral palsy on their whole mobility.The study involved 15 subjects (two girls and eleven boys).Thesubjects were aged from3 to 19 years (8.73 years ± 5.85). All of the subjects had been diagnosed with a spastic form of cerebral palsy.The duration of the participation differed as follows: the advanced subjects had been riding for 1-4 years (2.66 years ± 1.16), while the beginners have been riding for two weeks (10 sessions). Group I (advanced riders) consisted of eight subjects (7 boys and 1 girl) who had therapy sessions regularly once a week and differed only in terms of the duration of their participation in the experiment. Group II (beginners) consisted of seven children (1 girl and 6 boys) who participated in only 10 riding sessions. All of the subjects were assessed according to the GrossMotor FunctionMeasure (GMFM) and GrossMotor Function Classification System for CP (GMFCS) both before the investigation and after it. Conclusions. Ten riding lessons did not have an influence on the beginner riders with cerebral palsy gross motor functions and their grossmotor function level did not change. However, in half of the advanced riders with cerebral palsy, the gross motor functions significantly improved.Meanwhile, the level of the performance of the grossmotor skills in the four advanced riders increased, but this difference was not statistically significant. |
| Published |
London : Hindawi |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2018 |
| CC license |
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