Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia.
Publisher:
PIME,
Frequency: Six no. a year
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Author(s):
Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri.
Start Year:1997 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 1592-7830 (Print) 1592-7830 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 9712708 |
| (DNLM): | SR0091709(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 37555956 |
| Classification: | W1 GI779 |
Effect of therapeutic horseback riding on balance and gait of people with multiple sclerosis. Exercise therapy is an important part of symptomatic and supportive treatment in patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). According to the literature, equine-assisted therapies--such as therapeutic horseback riding (THR) and hippotherapy (HT)--are exercise therapies that can have positive physical effects on coordination, muscle tone, postural alignment, stiffness/flexibility, endurance and strength, correcting abnormal movement patterns and improving gait and balance. While HT is known to have a positive effect on balance in PwMS, data about THR are limited. Objective: The aim of the present ...