Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01621984
Therapeutic Riding and Neuromuscular Disease
The Evaluation of Therapeutic Riding in Children and Adolescent With Kinetic Deficits Because of Neuromuscular Disease.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Ioannina · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 4 Years – 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this current prospective study is to assess the effects of a Therapeutic Riding exercise program conducted in patients suffering from neuromuscular disease. The exercise intervention aims at improving gross motor function, gross motor performance, balance, spasticity, posture and quality of life. Patients were randomized according to age, sex, mental ability and gross motor function. Furthermore, patients will be subdivided into categories of central nervous system (brain/ spinal cord) and peripheral (peripheral nerve or muscle) diseases. The exercise program duration will be 12 weeks, once a week with 30-40 minutes sessions. Six measurements will be conducted: the Gross Motor Function Measure, the Gross Motor Performance Measure, the Quality of life Questionnaire for Children, the Pediatric Balance Scale, the dynamic plate in combination with x-ray for posture control, the Modified Ashworth Scale for spasticity and the Wisc 3 for mental ability. The results will be collected and evaluated using the statistical programme SPSS.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Therapeutic Riding/ Hippotherapy Intervention | The Therapeutic Riding exercise intervention consisted exercises for warm up,transitions on the horseback, stretching exercises and exercises to strengthen muscles of trunk and four limps, games with balls and rings and walking of the horse to change directions as diagonal / lateral changes, cycles with open and closed eyes. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-10-01
- Completion
- 2016-10-01
- First posted
- 2012-06-18
- Last updated
- 2018-11-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Greece
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01621984. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.