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The Effects of Hippotherapy on Standing Balance in Patients with Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries: A Pilot Study

By Bo-Ra Choi, Ju-Hyun Kim, Jeong-Uk Lee, Junghwan Kim

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The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of hippotherapy on standing balance in patients with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries. Ten patients (8 men and 2 women) who were diagnosed with cervical levels of injury between 3 and 6, and D according to the ASIA Impairment Scale. All patients were tested by the physiotherapists prior to and after hippotherapy treatment. Standing balance was measured using the Interactive Balance System (IBS). The weight distribution index was significantly increased in application of hippotherapy compared with control groups in patients with a neurologic level of cervical 3 and 4, and with Brown-Sequard syndrome, respectively. However, most of the patients exhibited no significant changes in the standing balance index, such as F1, F2-4, F5-6, F7-8, and SI scores, after hippotherapy. These results suggest that hippotherapy did not have a significant effect on the standing balance of patients with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries.

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Marcy Wilhelm-South

Purdue University

Date 2013
Publication Title Neuroscience and Medicine
Volume 4
Issue 1
Pages 7-15
Publisher Scientific Research
DOI 10.4236/nm.2013.41002
URL https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=28558
Language English
Additional Language English
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  1. Animal-assisted therapies
  2. Animal roles
  3. Balance
  4. Hippotherapy
  5. Horses
  6. Mammals
  7. open access
  8. Spinal cord injuries
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