Hippotherapy application in children with cerebral palsy

Authors

  • Urbano Solis Cartas Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo. Hospital Andino Chimborazo. Riobamba, Chimborazo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0350-6333
  • Luis Patricio Jami Vargas Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo
  • José Pedro Martinez Larrarte Facultad de medicina “Dr. Miguel Enríquez”, Laboratorio central de líquido cefalorraquídeo (LABCEL), Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. La Habana. Cuba.
  • Irainis Serrano Espinosa Centro Nacional de Reumatología, La Habana, Cuba.

Keywords:

Espasticidad muscular, Equilibrio postural, Parálisis cerebral, Terapia asistida por caballos.

Abstract

Background: hippotherapy has been used in the rehabilitation of patients with neurological affections with positive results, regarding the development of skills and the improvement of postural state.
Objective: to diffuse the benefits of the application of hippotherapy in children with cerebral palsy.
Methods: a descriptive retrospective study of 13 children with diagnoses of cerebral palsy was conducted. A hippotherapy program was designed, which was applied to the patients. Initial and further assessments were applied to data collection and its statistical processing.
Results: the age average is 3.6 years ± 3. The most represented group of age was the three to five age group. Male sex prevailed (61, 5 %) and the skin color was white (69, 2 %). The majority of patients presented personal pathological antecedents that justified the disease.
Conclusions: hippotherapy showed hopeful results in the development of skills in children with cerebral palsy. Improvement depends on the time, frequence, and length of hippotherapy. Nevertheless, deeper studies would be needed to verify this hypothesis.
DeCS: EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY; POSTURAL BALANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIVE.

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Author Biographies

Urbano Solis Cartas, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo. Hospital Andino Chimborazo. Riobamba, Chimborazo

Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral y Reumatología. Profesor Asistente. Investigador Agregado. Docente Investigador Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo. Hospital Andino Chimborazo. Riobamba, Chimborazo. Ecuador.

Luis Patricio Jami Vargas, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo

Licenciado en Terapia Física y Rehabilitación

José Pedro Martinez Larrarte, Facultad de medicina “Dr. Miguel Enríquez”, Laboratorio central de líquido cefalorraquídeo (LABCEL), Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. La Habana. Cuba.

Especialista de Segundo Grado en Reumatología. Profesor e  Investigador auxiliar.

Irainis Serrano Espinosa, Centro Nacional de Reumatología, La Habana, Cuba.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral y Reumatología.

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Published

2016-10-25

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Solis Cartas U, Jami Vargas LP, Martinez Larrarte JP, Serrano Espinosa I. Hippotherapy application in children with cerebral palsy. Arch méd Camagüey [Internet]. 2016 Oct. 25 [cited 2025 Aug. 29];20(5):496-50. Available from: https://revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/4424

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Vol. 20 No. 5 (2016)

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Original Articles

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