Effects of horseback riding therapy on quality of life in patients post stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-232

  Beinotti, Fernanda ^a   Christofoletti, Gustavo ^b   Correia, Nilzete ^c   Borges, Guilherme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Therapeutic Riding Harmony Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

horseback riding therapy; quality of life; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMIPARESIS; HIPPOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880568017     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr2003-226     Document Type: Article

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