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The effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia
Dissertation (MOccTher)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/53056 The effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia Buys, Tanya ninette@lightprojects.co.za De Bruyn, J.T. Du Plessis, Ninette UCTD SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals Dissertation (MOccTher)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This study intended to examine the individual effect of hippotherapy on Physiological Cost Index and school activities in adolescents with diplegia. Ten adolescents with diplegia, aged 12 to 16 years, were studied. The results were not to be generalised to the broader cerebral palsy population. A triangulation mixed method design was used. Within the quantitative part of the study, a single system multiple baseline design across subjects was implemented and in the qualitative part of the study, a semi-structured interview was used to determine effect of hippotherapy on school activities. Individual hippotherapy was conducted once a week over a 12-week period. The effect of hippotherapy on physiological cost index was inconclusive, but the results obtained with regards to an increase in walking speed, were statistically significant. Out of the qualitative research, three themes emerged as an effect of hippotherapy on school activities, namely improved rest and sleep, improved functional ambulation, and improved neuro-musculoskeletal functioning. em2026 Occupational Therapy MOccTher Unrestricted SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2016-06-10T07:20:14Z 2016-06-10T07:20:14Z 2016-04-08 2015 Dissertation Du Plessis, N 2015, The effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia, MOccTher Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53056> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53056 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals The effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia |
| title | The effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia |
| title_full | The effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia |
| title_fullStr | The effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia |
| title_short | The effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia |
| title_sort | effect of hippotherapy on the physiological cost index and on school activities of adolescents with diplegia |
| topic | UCTD SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53056 |