Randomized Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Horseback Riding in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 541-549

  Gabriels, Robin L ^a   Pan, Zhaoxing ^a   Dechant, Briar ^a   Agnew, John A ^a   Brim, Natalie ^a   Mesibov, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

equine assisted activities and therapies; human animal interaction; Key Words autism spectrum disorder; social communication functioning; therapeutic horseback riding

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUTISM; AUTOREGULATION; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; IQ STANDARD SCORE; IRRITABILITY; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIALIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING; ANIMAL; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HIPPOTHERAPY; HORSE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONTROL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF-CONTROL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931081006     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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