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

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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.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.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent9 pages ; illustrations
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.language.isoen
dc.publisherAOSIS Publishing
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
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
dc.typeArticle
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