ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2020
The Effectiveness of Hippotherapy to Recover Gross Motor Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evidence-based management and motor rehabilitation of cerebral palsy children and adolescents: a systematic review.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- [Effectiveness of mirror therapy and action observation therapy in infantile cerebral palsy: a systematic review].Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of Equine-Assisted Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Effects of Hippotherapy and Horse-Riding Simulators on Gross Motor Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Care Pathways in Rehabilitation for Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: Distinctiveness of the Adaptation to the Italian Context.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Relationship between Sensory Processing Skills and Feeding Behaviors in Children Aged 3-6 Years with Cerebral Palsy with Cerebral Visual Impairment.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Breast Cancer: How Hippotherapy Bridges the Gap between Healing and Recovery-A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Cancers · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Mechanical Horse-Riding Simulator-Based Interventions in Patients with Cerebral Palsy-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- The Effect of a Horse-Riding Simulator with Virtual Reality on Gross Motor Function and Body Composition of Children with Cerebral Palsy: Preliminary Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Review on Recent Advances of Cerebral Palsy.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Review
- The Effect of Contact with a Horse During a Three-day Hippotherapy Session on Physiotherapy Students' Emotions.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Article
- Retrospective study of Rougan Tongdu Tuina combined with point-pressing massage therapy on neurodevelopment in children with delayed motor development at very early stage.Translational pediatrics · 2021Article
- Impact of Equine-Assisted Interventions on Heart Rate Variability in Two Participants with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Future Challenges in Research in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a permanent disorder of the posture and movement, which can result in impairments of gross motor function, among others. Hippotherapy (HPT) is an emerging intervention to promote motor recovery in patients with neurological disorders, providing a smooth, precise, rhythmic, and repetitive pattern of movement to the patient. The main objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials was to analyze the effectiveness of HPT interventions on gross motor function in subjects with CP. The following databases were searched in May 2019: PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science. The methodological quality of the randomized controlled trials was assessed using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale. A total of 10 studies were analyzed in this review, involving 452 participants. Favorable effects were obtained on the gross motor function (Gross Motor Function Measure-66, standardized mean difference (SMD) = 0.81, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.47-1.15, Gross Motor Function Measure-88 dimension A SMD = 0.64, 95% CI = 0.30-0.97, dimension B SMD = 0.42, 95% CI = 0.09-0.75, and dimension E SMD = 0.40, 95% CI = 0.06-0.73). The results obtained in the present review show the potential benefit of HPT intervention in improving gross motor function in children with CP.
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