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- Title
FLEXIBILIDADE MUSCULAR EM INDIVÍDUOS COM DEFICIÊNCIA INTELECTUAL SUBMETIDOS À EQUOTERAPIA: ESTUDO DE CASOS.
- Authors
Espindula, Ana Paula; Fernandes, Mariane; da Fonseca Ferraz, Mara Lúcia; Cavellani, Camila Lourencini; Ferraz, Patrícia Fonseca; Cunha, Isabella Cardoso; de Souza, Luciane Aparecida Pascucci Sande; de Paula Antunes Teixeira, Vicente
- Abstract
The Equine therapy is a therapeutic method that seeks to develop biopsychosocial, cognitive and psychomotor development of the individual through practices and activities using the horse. The aim of this study was to analyze the flexibility of the posterior muscular chain of individuals with intellectual disabilities practicing hippotherapy. Evaluations were made using the method proposed by Wells and Dillon, in six children with Intellectual Disabilities, ages 7-15 years before and after each hippotherapy session, held weekly. The gain in flexibility of the posterior muscular chain practitioners after each session was statistically significant in both group and individual assessment. It is concluded that the Hippotherapy is an effective method for promoting improvements in flexibility in practitioners with Intellectual Disabilities.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTICS research; RIDING therapy; BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model; PSYCHOMOTOR disorders; TREATMENT of horse diseases; RANGE of motion of joints
- Publication
Revista Ciência em Extensão, 2012, Vol 8, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
1679-4605
- Publication type
Article