Abstract
Abstract Introduction: Down syndrome (DS) of all genetic syndromes is the most common. In Hippotherapy, three-dimensional movements, provided by horse walking, awaken in the body of children with DS a large amount of sensory and neuromuscular stimuli, which directly interfere with overall development and the acquisition of motor skills. Objective: To analyze the effects of an Hippotherapy program on global motor coordination variables in individuals with DS of both genders and to compare individuals with the same syndrome who do not practice Hippotherapy. Methods: 41 individuals participated in the study, 20 of them practicing Hippotherapy (EG) and 21 who did not practice Hippotherapy (CG). The Körperkoordinations test für Kinder (KTK) test was used, consisting of four tasks: Balance on beams, Single-lever jump, Side-jump and Transfer on platform for analysis of motor coordination for individuals. Results: Comparing the groups, a significant difference (p < 0.01) was observed for the Lateral Leap Motor Quotient, the EG presented a better score (114.10) than the CG (88.47), and also in the Total Motor Ratio (EG = 115.10, GC = 102.47). The individuals that practice Hippotherapy presented better results in the global motor coordination, with significant difference (p < 0.05). In EG, 5% had high global motor coordination, 40% good and 55% normal, whereas in CG only 10% had good global motor coordination and 90% normal global motor coordination. Conclusion: It can be emphasized that equine therapy presents benefits of improvement in global motor coordination. Specifically in tasks such as the balance beam, single jump and side jump, besides global motor coordination.
Highlights
Down syndrome (DS) of all genetic syndromes is the most common
After the normality distribution test (p > 0.05 for all variables) and homoscedasticity (p > 0.05), the test was used and it was observed that there were no significant differences between the genders (Male and Female) in all (MQ1/p = 0.29, MQ2/p = 0.83, MQ3/p = 0.59, MQ4/p = 0.31 and MQTotal/p = 0.68)
In both cases there were no statistical differences between EG and CG (p = 0.25 for MQ1, and p = 0.18 for MQ2)
Summary
Down syndrome (DS) of all genetic syndromes is the most common. In Hippotherapy, three-dimensional movements, provided by horse walking, awaken in the body of children with DS a large amount of sensory and neuromuscular stimuli, which directly interfere with overall development and the acquisition of motor skills. The last demographic census, conducted in 2010 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) [4], included research on the existence of permanent deficiencies: visual, auditory, motor, mental / intellectual. In the 2000 census, the IBGE found that about 24,600,256 people (14.5%) had some type of disability, with approximately 300 thousand of them with DS. This shows a significant increase in the number of people who declared some type of disability, and most of them are poor, poor, with low educational level, without information and without conditions to attend early stimulation clinics [1]
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