NCT04850573

Effects of Equine Assisted Activities on Veterans With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study will examine the effects of eight weeks of equine assisted activities (EAA) on co-regulation, basal physiological values, and symptom severity in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Heart rate, respiration rate, surface electromyography (EMG) and plasma concentrations of cortisol, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and oxytocin will be measured at rest and during dyadic interaction tasks (human to human or human to horse) to assess effects of EAA on these measures. Additionally, standard and regularly used questionnaires will be used to monitor PTSD symptom severity during the study and 6-month follow-up period. EAA is expected to lower PTSD symptom severity, and mitigate other physiological changes associated with PTSD.

Conditions

• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	equine assisted activities	Participants interact with the horse and learn how to safely handle the horse.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-21
• Primary completion: 2023-06-16
• Completion: 2023-06-16
• First posted: 2021-04-20
• Last updated: 2023-07-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States