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The clinical effect of hippotherapy on gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy

dc.contributor.authorLittle, K.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNel, N.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOrtell, V.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Wyk, H.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBadenhorst, M.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLouw, Q. A.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-07T12:13:54Z
dc.date.available2014-07-07T12:13:54Z
dc.date.issued2013-12-11
dc.identifier.citationSouth African Journal of Physiotherapy
dc.identifier.citationLittle, K. et al. 2013. The clinical effect of hippotherapy on gross motor function of children with Cerebral Palsy. South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 69(2):26-34, doi: 10.4102/sajp.v69i2.321.
dc.identifier.issn2410-8219 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0379-6175 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.4102/sajp.v69i2.321
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/92405
dc.descriptionCITATION: Little, K. et al. 2013. The clinical effect of hippotherapy on gross motor function of children with Cerebral Palsy. South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 69(2):26-34, doi: 10.4102/sajp.v69i2.321.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.sajp.co.za
dc.description.abstractBackground: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of physical disability affecting gross motor function (GMF ) in early childhood. Hippotherapy is a treatment approach aimed at improving GMF in children with CP. Several systematic reviews have been published showing an improvement in Dimension E of the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM ) after hippotherapy. However, these reviews failed to evaluate the clinical effect of hippotherapy in improving GMF in children with CP. Objective: To critically appraise the evidence of hippotherapy to ascertain whether it is a clinically meaningful approach for children with CP. Methodology: Five computerised bibliographic databases were searched. Predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria were set. The PEDro scale was used to assess the quality of the studies. A revised JBI Data extraction tool was used to extract data from the selected articles. Revman© Review Manager Software was used to create forest plots for comparisons of results. Results: All studies used the GMFM as an outcome measure for gross motor function. The added benefit of hippotherapy is a minimum 1% and a maximum 7% increase on the GMFM scores. However, all 95% confidence intervals (CI ) around all the mean differences were insignificant. Conclusion: The clinical effect of hippotherapy on the GMF of children with CP is small. Larger studies are required to provide evidence of the effect of hippotherapy within this population.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/321
dc.format.extent9 pages ; illustrations
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAOSIS Publishing
dc.subjectCerebral palsy -- Alternative treatmenten_ZA
dc.subjectHippotherapyen_ZA
dc.subjectHorsemanship -- Therapeutic useen_ZA
dc.subjectGross motor skillsen_ZA
dc.titleThe clinical effect of hippotherapy on gross motor function of children with cerebral palsyen_ZA
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