García-Arandilla A, Gonzàlez-Gàzquez T, Morgado-Pérez A, Davalos Yerovi V, Tejero-Sánchez M, Meza-Valderrama D
Facultad de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Grupo de Investigación en Rehabilitación (RERG), Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas (IMIM), Barcelona, España.
Facultad de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Grupo de Investigación en Rehabilitación (RERG), Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas (IMIM), Barcelona, España.
Rehabilitacion (Madr). 2024 Jan-Mar;58(1):100816. doi: 10.1016/j.rh.2023.100816. Epub 2023 Oct 18.
Hippotherapy (HPOT) and hippotherapy simulators (SHPOT) are used in children with cerebral palsy to achieve their maximum functionality and independence. The aim is to find out if HPOT and SHPOT produce the same effects on balance, gross motor function, and postural control in children under 18 years old with cerebral palsy.
The keywords used were: hippotherapy, equine-assisted therapy and cerebral palsy. The databases used were PeDro, Scopus, LILACS, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, Web of Science and CINAHL Complete (Ebsco). Studies were included if they were randomized clinical trials that studied the effect of HPOT and/or SHPOT on the variables mentioned in these patients.
Four studies assessed balance, 4 studied gross motor function, and 2 investigated postural control. Both HPOT and SHPOT produced benefits in all of them.
According to the studied variables both interventions produce similar improvements. Although, they increase with HPOT possibly due to greater sensory stimulation.
马术疗法（HPOT）和马术疗法模拟器（SHPOT）用于脑瘫儿童，以实现其最大功能和独立性。目的是探究HPOT和SHPOT对18岁以下脑瘫儿童的平衡、粗大运动功能和姿势控制是否产生相同效果。
使用的关键词为：马术疗法、马辅助疗法和脑瘫。使用的数据库有：佩德罗数据库、Scopus数据库、拉丁美洲和加勒比卫生科学数据库、科学Direct数据库、考克兰图书馆、科学网和CINAHL Complete（Ebsco）。如果研究是随机临床试验，且研究了HPOT和/或SHPOT对这些患者上述变量的影响，则纳入该研究。
四项研究评估了平衡，四项研究了粗大运动功能，两项研究了姿势控制。HPOT和SHPOT在所有这些方面都产生了益处。
根据所研究的变量，两种干预措施都产生了类似的改善。不过，HPOT带来的改善可能更大，这可能是由于其带来了更强的感觉刺激。
