The Effects of Hippotherapy on Elderly Persons’ Static Balance and Gait
[Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the effects of hippotherapy on elderly persons’ static balance and gait. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-two elderly persons residing in the community were randomly divided into a hippotherapy group and a treadmill group and they conducted exercise for e...
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pubmed-39270352014-02-24 The Effects of Hippotherapy on Elderly Persons’ Static Balance and Gait Kim, Seong Gil Lee, Chae-Woo Original [Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the effects of hippotherapy on elderly persons’ static balance and gait. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-two elderly persons residing in the community were randomly divided into a hippotherapy group and a treadmill group and they conducted exercise for eight weeks. [Results] Step lengths increased significantly, and step time and sway path lengths significantly decreased in both groups. A comparison of sway path lengths after the intervention between the two groups revealed that the hippotherapy group showed larger decreases than the treadmill group. [Conclusion] The results of this study indicate that hippotherapy may improve the static balance and gait of elderly persons residing in the community. The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2014-02-06 2014-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3927035/ /pubmed/24567669 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.26.25 Text en 2014©by the Society of Physical Therapy Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. |
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The Effects of Hippotherapy on Elderly Persons’ Static Balance and
Gait |
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The Effects of Hippotherapy on Elderly Persons’ Static Balance and
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The Effects of Hippotherapy on Elderly Persons’ Static Balance and
Gait |
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The Effects of Hippotherapy on Elderly Persons’ Static Balance and
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effects of hippotherapy on elderly persons’ static balance and
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[Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the effects of hippotherapy on elderly
persons’ static balance and gait. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-two elderly persons
residing in the community were randomly divided into a hippotherapy group and a treadmill
group and they conducted exercise for eight weeks. [Results] Step lengths increased
significantly, and step time and sway path lengths significantly decreased in both groups.
A comparison of sway path lengths after the intervention between the two groups revealed
that the hippotherapy group showed larger decreases than the treadmill group. [Conclusion]
The results of this study indicate that hippotherapy may improve the static balance and
gait of elderly persons residing in the community. |
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The Society of Physical Therapy Science |
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2014 |
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