Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift.
Publisher:
Brüder Hollinek,. Wien : Springer Verlag (2003)
Frequency: Semimonthly, -2004
Country: Austria
Language: ger
Start Year:1946 -
ISSN:
0043-5341 (Print)
1563-258X (Electronic)
0043-5341 (Linking)
1563-258X (Electronic)
0043-5341 (Linking)
Impact Factor
0.9
2022
| NLM ID: | 8708475 |
| (DNLM): | W05620000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 16386617 |
| Coden: | WMWOA4 |
| LCCN: | sn 87026310 |
| Classification: | W1 WI336 |
[Orthopedic hippotherapy–new methods in treatment of segmental instabilities of the lumbar spine]. The orthopedic hippotherapy represents a new form of therapeutic exercise in the conservative treatment of segmental instabilities in the lumbar spine region. This kind of therapy works on the principle of conveying to the patient the three-dimensional swinging motion of the horse's back. The patient reacts to these movement impulses by moving up and down (vertical movement of the spine), back and forth (sagittal movement) and to the right and the left (horizontal movement). The small movements of the spine thus produced bring about a mobilization of the segments involved in movement and there...
[The horse as an aid in therapy]. Physiotherapy on the back of the moved horse has two important dimensions: 1) The somatotropic effect regards mainly spasticity, ataxia, the vertebral column, the basis of the pelvis and the skin. 2) A general psychotherapeutic and psychohygienic effect is created by joy, change and new impetus in rehabilitation and by the emotional contact with the "comrade animal". Or unit was the first to introduce hippotherapy with adults in Austria. There is specially good experience with the spastic atactic component in multiple sclerosis. However other diagnosis as well showed good profit, such as strok...