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- Title
Research on Hippotherapy Effects in Children whith Disabilities.
- Authors
MARCHIŞ, Zamfir; RĂDUCU, Camelia; LADOŞI, Daniela; JURCO, Eugen; COROIAN, Aurelia; COROIAN, Cristian Ovidiu; PRAŢA, Luciana; JURCO, Simona
- Abstract
This paper presents a study on the interaction of children with special needs and horses, which attempts to demonstrate the effects of hipoterapy in helping children with disabilities. The research was conducted on a group of 20 children with disabilities who participated in this type of therapy for 8 months (January-August 2015) in Leorinţ Leisure Center and Riding Therapy, which owns 6 horses. This study carried out a pre- and post-evaluation and there were followed skills and cognitive function, motor skills, spatial-temporal orientation skills, sensoryperceptual organization, examining language and personality of children. In the first stage an initial assessment of children was made representing the starting point to see to what extent children are, what special needs they have and what gaps need to be recovered or what skills and qualities may be based in therapy. After 3 months of hippotherapy, in April 2015, there was made intermediar evaluation of beneficiaries to see if the intended results were achieved and where to optimise the therapy. The final evaluation was conducted in August 2015, after four months from the intermediar evaluation. After the hippotherapy was applied in children with various disabilities, we found that children move better, speak more easily, communicate and become more careful. Besides the outcomes of this hippotherapy, its results are measurable and easily to observe. Therefore, the satisfaction to participate in hippotherapy sessions and the contact with the horses offers a real joy to this children.
- Subjects
CHILDREN with disabilities; RIDING therapy
- Publication
Bulletin of the University of Agricultural Sciences & Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Animal Science & Biotechnologies, 2017, Vol 74, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
1843-5262
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15835/buasvmcn-asb:12213