Effects of Weekly Hippotherapy Frequency on Children With Cerebral Palsy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 20
- 主要终点
- Effects of weekly frequency of hippotherapy on gross motor function through GMFM (gross motor function measurement) of children with cerebral palsy.
研究概览
简要总结
The hippotherapy is considered a therapeutic modality that provides numerous benefits in the rehabilitation process and has often been recommended by doctors for children with cerebral palsy. Despite being in frank ascent, this therapy still lacks scientific evidence. Objectives: To analyze and compare the effects of hippotherapy program, often 1 or 2 days a week in gross motor function, trunk balance and functional performance of children with cerebral palsy.
详细描述
Study characterized by a controlled experiment with a sample of 24 children, aged between 2 and 4 years, were randomly divided into control group (CG), with 9 participants, with the use of 1 to week and experimental group, also with 11 participants, 2 times a week intervention. The call followed protocol and took place once or twice a week lasting 30 minutes.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 2 Years 至 4 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Children from 2 to 6 years of age with diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy, besides medical, physiotherapeutic and psychological referral with indication of the practice of Hippotherapy
- •Children classified with GMFCS levels 2, 3, 4 or 5
- •Understanding, agreement and signing of the Free and Informed Consent Form
- •Understanding, agreement and signing of the Free and Informed Assent Term, when applicable
- •Possibility to participate in a riding program 1 or 2 times a week for a period of 16 weeks
- •Conduct traditional physiotherapy concomitantly 1 or 2 times a week
排除标准
- •Presence of associated syndromes or structural deformities that make Hippotherapy impossible
- •Present seizures without medication control
- •Does not have enough hip joint amplitude for riding (about 20 degrees of abduction)
- •To have an invasive or surgical procedure during the study
- •Have previously participated in an Equine Therapy program
研究组 & 干预措施
Hippotherapy once a week
Hippotherapy once a week;
干预措施: Hippotherapy once a week (Other)
Hippotherapy twice a week
hippotherapy twice a week
干预措施: Hippotherapy twice a week (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Effects of weekly frequency of hippotherapy on gross motor function through GMFM (gross motor function measurement) of children with cerebral palsy.
时间窗: one year
GMFM - quantitative scale assessing 5 dimensions of motor development.
Effects of weekly frequency of hippotherapy on functional performance through the Pediatric Disability Inventory (PEDI) of children with cerebral palsy.
时间窗: one year
PEDI Inventory - quantitative scale that evaluates the functional performance, among others, for self care, mobility and social function.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Alessandra Vidal Prieto
Principal Investigator
University of Brasilia