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Inclusion criteria
The inclusion criteria of the articles were as follows: the whole articles, they
were structured by the IMRAD (introduction, methods, results and discus-
sion) scheme and the investigated the influence of H or TR on the posture con-
trol or balance in persons with CP. Nine articles are included in the transpar-
ent contribution.
Methodological assessment of the quality of articles postural control and balance in children with cerebral palsy after hypotherapy 179
The articles are evaluated with a methodological assessment of quality by Law
(Law et al., 1998) for the use of the “Guidelines for a Critical Review of Quan-
titative Studies” in which 16 requirements - questions. None of the articles
reached 16 points, the range reached was between 13 and 5 points. The meth-
odological evaluation of the articles gives us a total score of 9.77, indicating the
range between the rating moderate and the score well.
Results
All articles explore the effect on the posture control and balance. Measurement
of the effects researched was investigate in various ways with different measur-
ing tools, before and after riding, shows in table 1. Table 1 is shows: all the meas-
uring tools; the research and control groups, their composition and the tasks
they have performed; and the duration of research of riding. The results of all
studies were made on a common denominator, so we decided to classify the ef-
fects only after that, whether the positive effects (+) or the effect were not (-),
shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Summary of studies of hypotherapy and therapeutic riding studies
AUTHOR TITLE GROUPE and DURATION OF RESULTS
/YEAR OF ARTICLES (-,+) STATISTI-
IMPLEMENTA- HT or TR/ how TESTS CALY SIGNIFI-
BENDA Pre-test/post-
2003 TION on in much time test sum total CANT
muscle asym- Middle value
Improve- metry – EMG asimet:
ments in Mus- RG – 7; 4 – 12 after each inter- 55,5 (SD 82,5)
cle Symme- year; CP 1 experiment vention HT
try in Children CG – 6; 4 – 12 RG – 8 min HT 10s seats, 10 s 11,9 (SD 29,9)
with CP after year; CP CG – 8 min sit- stand, 10 s walk barrel
Equine-Assisted RG – HT ting on a barel Middle value
Therapy (Hip- CG – barrel in % improve-
potherapy) ment:
64,6% (SD 28,3)
HT
-12,8% (88,8)
barrel
Muscle simme-
try (+)
The inclusion criteria of the articles were as follows: the whole articles, they
were structured by the IMRAD (introduction, methods, results and discus-
sion) scheme and the investigated the influence of H or TR on the posture con-
trol or balance in persons with CP. Nine articles are included in the transpar-
ent contribution.
Methodological assessment of the quality of articles postural control and balance in children with cerebral palsy after hypotherapy 179
The articles are evaluated with a methodological assessment of quality by Law
(Law et al., 1998) for the use of the “Guidelines for a Critical Review of Quan-
titative Studies” in which 16 requirements - questions. None of the articles
reached 16 points, the range reached was between 13 and 5 points. The meth-
odological evaluation of the articles gives us a total score of 9.77, indicating the
range between the rating moderate and the score well.
Results
All articles explore the effect on the posture control and balance. Measurement
of the effects researched was investigate in various ways with different measur-
ing tools, before and after riding, shows in table 1. Table 1 is shows: all the meas-
uring tools; the research and control groups, their composition and the tasks
they have performed; and the duration of research of riding. The results of all
studies were made on a common denominator, so we decided to classify the ef-
fects only after that, whether the positive effects (+) or the effect were not (-),
shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Summary of studies of hypotherapy and therapeutic riding studies
AUTHOR TITLE GROUPE and DURATION OF RESULTS
/YEAR OF ARTICLES (-,+) STATISTI-
IMPLEMENTA- HT or TR/ how TESTS CALY SIGNIFI-
BENDA Pre-test/post-
2003 TION on in much time test sum total CANT
muscle asym- Middle value
Improve- metry – EMG asimet:
ments in Mus- RG – 7; 4 – 12 after each inter- 55,5 (SD 82,5)
cle Symme- year; CP 1 experiment vention HT
try in Children CG – 6; 4 – 12 RG – 8 min HT 10s seats, 10 s 11,9 (SD 29,9)
with CP after year; CP CG – 8 min sit- stand, 10 s walk barrel
Equine-Assisted RG – HT ting on a barel Middle value
Therapy (Hip- CG – barrel in % improve-
potherapy) ment:
64,6% (SD 28,3)
HT
-12,8% (88,8)
barrel
Muscle simme-
try (+)
