Evaluation of an equine therapy program in students with Autism spectrum disorder
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Título: | Evaluation of an equine therapy program in students with Autism spectrum disorder |
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Autor/es: | Portela-Pino, Iago | Bouzo-Gónzalez, Sonia | Pino-Juste, Margarita |
Palabras clave: | Therapeutic horseback riding | Autism | Psychomotricity | Social skills | Qualitative study |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Educación Física y Deportiva |
Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
Editor: | Universidad de Alicante. Área de Educación Física y Deporte |
Cita bibliográfica: | Journal of Human Sport and Exercise. 2020, 15(4): 783-793. https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2020.154.06 |
Resumen: | Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) has the main objective of using horseback riding as a tool in a therapeutic process to improve, among other facets, motor skills and postural control and even psychological well-being. The purpose of this research was to determine if equinetherapy (horseback riding with a therapeutic aim) favours the motor, communication and social development in subjects with ASD. A case study was performed with 5 subjects between 8 and 31 years. The program was carried out over 32 sessions of 60 minutes each, a day a week. The recording techniques were a questionnaire, observation and a field diary. Among the most salient results, we point out improvements in balance, posture, fine and gross motricity, and an optimal muscle relaxation that gradually leads to a removal of stereotypies. Regarding the aspect of social communication, a major improvement in non-verbal communication, and new bonding of friendship, love and respect for animals. This study is a contribution to the scientific evaluation of equine therapy as an effective treatment in persons with ASD. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/98410 |
ISSN: | 1988-5202 |
DOI: | 10.14198/jhse.2020.154.06 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2020.154.06 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2020, Vol. 15, No. 4 |
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