The Effects of Hippotherapy and a Horse Riding Simulator on the Balance of Children with Cerebral Palsy
[Purpose] We with respect to their effects on the compared hippotherapy with a horseback riding simulator (JOBA, Panasonic Inc. JP) static and dynamic balance of children with cerebral palsy (CP). [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-six children were randomly divided into two groups: a hippotherapy group...
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pubmed-39760172014-04-04 The Effects of Hippotherapy and a Horse Riding Simulator on the Balance of Children with Cerebral Palsy Lee, Chae-Woo Kim, Seong Gil Na, Sang Su Original [Purpose] We with respect to their effects on the compared hippotherapy with a horseback riding simulator (JOBA, Panasonic Inc. JP) static and dynamic balance of children with cerebral palsy (CP). [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-six children were randomly divided into two groups: a hippotherapy group that included 13 children, and a horseback riding simulator (JOBA, Panasonic Inc., Japan) group, which was also composed of 13 children. The two groups participated in 1 hour of exercise per day, 3 times a week, for 12 weeks. The subjects’ static balance ability was measured using BPM (software 5.3, SMS Healthcare Inc., UK) as the center of pressure sway length while standing for 30 seconds with their eyes open and looking to the front. Dynamic balance ability was measured using the PBS (Pediatric Balance Scale). [Results] Both groups showed significant improvements in static and dynamic balance but significant differences between the two groups were not found. [Conclusion] The horseback riding simulator could be a useful alternative to hippotherapy for the improvement of static and dynamic balance of children with CP. The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2014-03-25 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3976017/ /pubmed/24707098 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.26.423 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 and a Horse Riding Simulator on the Balance of
Children with Cerebral Palsy |
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The Effects of Hippotherapy and a Horse Riding Simulator on the Balance of
Children with Cerebral Palsy |
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The Effects of Hippotherapy and a Horse Riding Simulator on the Balance of
Children with Cerebral Palsy |
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The Effects of Hippotherapy and a Horse Riding Simulator on the Balance of
Children with Cerebral Palsy |
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The Effects of Hippotherapy and a Horse Riding Simulator on the Balance of
Children with Cerebral Palsy |
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effects of hippotherapy and a horse riding simulator on the balance of
children with cerebral palsy |
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[Purpose] We with respect to their effects on the compared hippotherapy with a horseback
riding simulator (JOBA, Panasonic Inc. JP) static and dynamic balance of children with
cerebral palsy (CP). [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-six children were randomly divided into
two groups: a hippotherapy group that included 13 children, and a horseback riding
simulator (JOBA, Panasonic Inc., Japan) group, which was also composed of 13 children. The
two groups participated in 1 hour of exercise per day, 3 times a week, for 12 weeks. The
subjects’ static balance ability was measured using BPM (software 5.3, SMS Healthcare
Inc., UK) as the center of pressure sway length while standing for 30 seconds with their
eyes open and looking to the front. Dynamic balance ability was measured using the PBS
(Pediatric Balance Scale). [Results] Both groups showed significant improvements in static
and dynamic balance but significant differences between the two groups were not found.
[Conclusion] The horseback riding simulator could be a useful alternative to hippotherapy
for the improvement of static and dynamic balance of children with CP. |
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The Society of Physical Therapy Science |
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2014 |
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