Author : Sara Kwon
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Book Synopsis The Effects of Horseback Riding Therapy on Cognition and Language in Children with Cognitive Impairment by : Sara Kwon
Download or read book The Effects of Horseback Riding Therapy on Cognition and Language in Children with Cognitive Impairment written by Sara Kwon and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE EFFECTS OF HORSEBACK RIDING THERAPY ON COGNITION AND LANGUAGE IN CHILDREN WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT Sara Kwon, MD, In Young Sung, MD, PhD, Eun Jae Ko, MD, Han Seon Kim, MD,1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Asan Medical Center,University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea2Ulsan City E Hospital, Ulsan, KoreaIntroduction Recently, there has been a growing interest in horseback riding therapy (HRT) as one of alternative rehabilitation methods. This study was designed to investigate if horseback riding therapy can improve language and cognitive function in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or intellectual disability (ID). Method We conducted prospective, randomized controlled study, including patients who have been diagnosed as ASD or ID. 18 and 11 patients were enrolled as HRT and control group, respectively. HRT group underwent conventional therapy plus 30 minutes of HRT per week for 8 weeks and control group only received conventional therapy. The subjects were assessed for their cognitive (K-ABC, cognitive domain of BSID-II) and language function (PRES, REVT, M-B CDI-K) within one month before and after treatment. Results There was no baseline difference between two groups. In HRT group, the result showed statistically significant improvements in most domains after HRT including receptive, expressive language and cognition, except for infant scale of M-B CDI-K. However, in control group, only receptive language function assessed by REVT and cognitive function assessed by BSID-II showed improvements. When comparing changes between HRT group and control group, HRT group showed more improvements than control group, however, these results were not statistically significant. Conclusions The results suggest that HRT might affect development of language and cognitive function of these patients. Further study would be needed to confirm whether HRT is one of effective methods for improving language and cognition in children with ASD or ID.AbbreviationsREVT, Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary TestPRES, Preschool Receptive-Expressive Language ScaleM-B CDI-K, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories- Korean versionBSID-II, Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II K-ABC, Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children.