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tural control and balance in children with cerebral palsy otrok in mladostnik – okolje | child and adolescent - environment
after hypotherapy
Monika Zadnikar
Faculty of Health Care Angele Boškin, Spodnji Plavž 3, 4270 Jesenice, Slovenia
Introduction: Postural control and management of the posture is the ability of
the body to maintain an upright position with more sensory motor process-
es. At children with cerebral palsy (CP), these processes are often limited due
to problems in one or more systems. Hypotherapy is a therapy which uses the
horse and with its three-dimensional movement, enables to conect and con-
trol the posture as well as the balance. The article summarizes the literature
review, which describes the effect of hypotherapy and therapeutic riding on
the control of posture and balance in children with CP. Methods: The system-
atic method of the literature is reviewed, the effect of hypotherapy and ther-
apeutic riding to the control of posture and balance of children with CP. With
keywords (therapeutic horseback riding, equine movement therapy), articles
were searched in the database: COBISS, PEDRO, CINAHL, Springer link, Pu-
bMed, Web of Science, Ebsco host and ProQuest. Results: Out of 36 articles
according to inclusion criteria (published articles, IMRD method and investi-
gated influence of hypotherapy and therapeutic riding), 9 articles are includ-
ed in the shortlist. In all 9 articles, the authors mention a positive effect to the
control of posture and balance. Conclusion: Summary of the results of scien-
tific literature on the positive effect of hypotherapy and therapeutic riding to
the control of posture and balance at children with cerebral palsy provides the
foundations for further research.
Keywords: hypotherapy, therapeutic riding, cerebral palsy, posture control,
balance
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after hypotherapy
Monika Zadnikar
Faculty of Health Care Angele Boškin, Spodnji Plavž 3, 4270 Jesenice, Slovenia
Introduction: Postural control and management of the posture is the ability of
the body to maintain an upright position with more sensory motor process-
es. At children with cerebral palsy (CP), these processes are often limited due
to problems in one or more systems. Hypotherapy is a therapy which uses the
horse and with its three-dimensional movement, enables to conect and con-
trol the posture as well as the balance. The article summarizes the literature
review, which describes the effect of hypotherapy and therapeutic riding on
the control of posture and balance in children with CP. Methods: The system-
atic method of the literature is reviewed, the effect of hypotherapy and ther-
apeutic riding to the control of posture and balance of children with CP. With
keywords (therapeutic horseback riding, equine movement therapy), articles
were searched in the database: COBISS, PEDRO, CINAHL, Springer link, Pu-
bMed, Web of Science, Ebsco host and ProQuest. Results: Out of 36 articles
according to inclusion criteria (published articles, IMRD method and investi-
gated influence of hypotherapy and therapeutic riding), 9 articles are includ-
ed in the shortlist. In all 9 articles, the authors mention a positive effect to the
control of posture and balance. Conclusion: Summary of the results of scien-
tific literature on the positive effect of hypotherapy and therapeutic riding to
the control of posture and balance at children with cerebral palsy provides the
foundations for further research.
Keywords: hypotherapy, therapeutic riding, cerebral palsy, posture control,
balance
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