The effects of Hippotherapy on motor performance in veterans with disabilities: A case report

The purpose of this case report was to compare traditional physical therapy to hippotherapy combined with traditional physical therapy on the motor performance of a 34-year-old male military veteran with low back and neck pain. Hippotherapy, as a treatment strategy, uses the movement of a horse to i...

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Published inJournal of military and veterans' health. Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 24 - 27
Main Authors Roy Lee Aldridge, A Morgan, A Lewis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canberra Department of Defence 01.07.2016
Subjects
Backache
Disabled veterans
Equine sports medicine
Horsemanship
Medical care
Outcome assessment (Medical care)
Physical therapy
Therapeutic use
Treatment
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Summary:The purpose of this case report was to compare traditional physical therapy to hippotherapy combined with traditional physical therapy on the motor performance of a 34-year-old male military veteran with low back and neck pain. Hippotherapy, as a treatment strategy, uses the movement of a horse to improve the subject's neuromuscular function and sensory processing through the motion of the horse in its variety of gait. Outcome measurements for this subject included the Sheehan Disability Scale, Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire, and the Neck Disability Index. The combination of hippotherapy and traditional physical therapy resulted in greater improvements in disability scores on all three outcome measures compared to traditional physical therapy alone.
Bibliography:Journal of Military and Veterans Health, Vol. 24, No. 3, Jul 2016, 24-27
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:1835-1271