Date of Award
8-2018
Culminating Project Type
Starred Paper
Degree Name
Special Education: M.S.
Department
Special Education
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Bradley Kaffar
Second Advisor
Marc Markell
Third Advisor
William Lepkowski
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
hippotherapy, disability, children, horse, therapy
Abstract
Hippotherapy is a great choice of treatment for children with physical disabilities. It can improve gross motor function, balance, spasticity, posture, and gait, as reviewed in this paper. It can also have benefits for many other areas in the child’s life, physically or mentally. This form of therapy may be so effective because children often are able to connect to animals and it is fun to ride a horse; they may be more motivated in doing the therapy activities than with a traditional form of treatment.
Recommended Citation
Brand, Heather, "The Physical Therapeutic Benefits of Hippotherapy on Children with Physical Disabilities" (2018). Culminating Projects in Special Education. 66.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/sped_etds/66
