NCT04465006

Efficacy of Hippotherapy Simulator Exercise Program in Stroke Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Marmara University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of our study is to investigate the effects of hippotherapy simulator exercises in addition to the conventional rehabilitation program on the balance, postural control, mobility, functional capacity, and independence levels of stroke patients.

Detailed description

Twenty-six 18- 65 years of patients with stroke were included in the study. Patients were divided into two groups as hippotherapy simulator group (HSG) (n = 13) and conventional exercise group (CEG) (n = 13). Patients were evaluated with Berg Balance Scale (BBS) for balance, Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke (PASS) for postural control, Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI), and Time Up- Go Test (TUG) for mobility, 2min. Walking Test (2mWT) for functional capacity and Barthel Index (BI) for the level of independence respectively before and after treatment.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Hippotherapy Simulator	Patients in the hippotherapy simulator group received 30 sessions of treatment for 6 weeks, 5 days a week and 1 hour a day. 45 minutes of Neurodevelopmental treatment exercises and 15 minutes of hippotherapy simulation exercise program were applied to the participants in this group.
OTHER	Conventional Exercise	Patients in the conventionnal exercise group received 30 sessions of treatment for 6 weeks, 5 days a week and 1 hour a day. 60 minutes of Neurodevelopmental treatment exercises were applied to the participants in this group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-01
• Primary completion: 2019-04-01
• Completion: 2019-05-30
• First posted: 2020-07-09
• Last updated: 2020-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)