Therapeutic horseback riding in breast cancer survivors: A pilot study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 623-629

  Cerulli, Claudia ^a   Minganti, Carlo ^a   De Santis, Chiara ^b   Tranchita, Eliana ^a   Quaranta, Federico ^a   Parisi, Attilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b Therapeutic Riding Centre Il Giardino di Filippo   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY FATIGUE QUESTIONNAIRE; HIPPOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL BODY WATER; WEIGHT LIFTING; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY WATER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FITNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY WATER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84906272813     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2014.0061     Document Type: Article

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