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- Title
Selection Methods For Horses Used In Hippotherapy.
- Authors
Moisa, Corina Monica; Barabasi, Julia; Papuc, Ionel
- Abstract
An almost exotic field in Romania, hippotherapy is one of the most effective treatments used to improve the position, balance, mobility and body functions, in all cases of impaired motor capacity, as a clearly defined method, programmed and inserted into a wider project of customize rehabilitation. Hippotherapy is considered as the first step in horse mediated therapy, followed by riding, pre-sportive and sportive rehabilitation, stages that show the increasing capacity of the person who undergoes therapy and its ever more active and independent role on the horse. The paper aims to identify and apply scientific methods of selection of horses to be included in a hippotherapy program as an alternative treatment, applied to institutionalized children with motor disabilities, as a recovery tool. Selection is based on the horses temperament, personality and reactivity, and a program for people with various disabilities will be customized and adapted to their requirements and resource availability. The results obtained show the importance of selecting horses for hippotherapy and the role they play in therapy for people with mental and motor disabilities by reducing negative effects and increase of confidence in their own possibilities
- Subjects
ROMANIA; RIDING therapy; ALTERNATIVE medicine; HORSE health; EQUESTRIANISM for people with disabilities
- Publication
Bulletin of the University of Agricultural Sciences & Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Veterinary Medicine, 2012, Vol 69, Issue 1/2, p156
- ISSN
1843-5270
- Publication type
Article