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KMID : 1003620110030010045
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Journal of Korean Aging Health Friendly Policy Association
2011 Volume.3 No. 1 p.45 ~ p.51
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A Systematic Review of Hippotherapy Intervention for the Rehabilitation on Children with Disabilities in Korea
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Park Ju-Hyung
Shin Jung-Il
Yang Yeong-Ae
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Abstract
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Objective: This study conducted a systematic review for examining riding intervention for the rehabilitation children with disabilities in Korea.
Methods: This author referred to the journal published through the National Assembly Library and the Korea National Intelligence Service Conference from February of 2000 to March of 2011, and used the major search terms such horseback riding, riding for the disabled, children with disability and riding for the rehabilitation.
Results: This article used the diseases for studying, which 8 of total 14 researches are cerebral palsy, 7 are mental retardation, other developmental disabilities and 1 is autism. It found that the research design is Non-RCT where 6 of 14 journals had chosen for planning quasi-experiment in which it doesn`t satisfy the randomly assigned group, the same condition and the sequential measurements, which was the highest rate of the journals, including Non-RCT where 5 of them had chosen for single subject, Single-subject Design where 3 of them had chosen for measuring single subject through therapeutic intervention. On the therapeutic efficacy, total 9 of them reported the physical efficacy in such as the posture related with walking & the balance capability, gross motor function, muscle strength and rigidity, 1 of them indicated the result of hand function and cognitive function, and 4 of them showed other depression, sociality and emotional shift.
Conclusion: For this, this article suggested that further research has to study the population with various diseases, other than cerebral palsy and mental retardation, as well as various aspects such as cognitive-perceptual aspects on riding intervention for the rehabilitation, not limiting to the physical efficacy, more improved studies on the evidence level additionally.
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KEYWORD
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Hippotherapy, children with disabilities
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