Submitted by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2017-08-03T18:42:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 VandetePereiraLimaDissertacao2014.pdf: 1818191 bytes, checksum: eecf6d497d5812bf707a14567160b7b0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2017-08-03T18:43:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 VandetePereiraLimaDissertacao2014.pdf: 1818191 bytes, checksum: eecf6d497d5812bf707a14567160b7b0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-03T18:43:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VandetePereiraLimaDissertacao2014.pdf: 1818191 bytes, checksum: eecf6d497d5812bf707a14567160b7b0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-26 / Studies show that motor patterns are modified by physical activity programs. Hippotherapy has effects on motor coordination components; however, studies supporting this notion are still limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the intervention of horseback riding therapy on motor coordination of schoolchildren through the KTK test. This is a descriptive and experimental study. The initial sample consisted of 70 male (34) and female children (36) aged from 6 to 11 years attending an elementary public school in DF (Federal District) from 1st to 5th grades during the year of 2013; only 64 completed the study proposal. After pre-test collection, 35 children were randomly invited to participate in 22 hippotherapy sessions lasting 30 minutes each. To evaluate the motor performance, the KTK test battery was used (K??rperkoordinations test f??r Kinder), which consists of four tasks (balance beam, monopedal jumping, lateral jumping and transfer on platform) all of them aiming to characterize the facets of overall body coordination and body control. The results showed that in the classification of the body coordination test - KTK ??? there was significant difference between experimental and control groups (P=0,0001) Lateral jumping and transfer on platforms tasks showed higher scores between pre-test and post-test. Significant differences between sexes were observed, p = 0.04, where boys had higher results than girls, with p = 0.005. The results by age group showed that the greatest scores were achieved by older children. Therefore, the results suggest that the horseback riding therapy promotes effects in improving the motor coordination of schoolchildren aged 6-11 years. / Estudos mostram que padr??es motores s??o modificados por propostas de atividades f??sicas. A equoterapia tem efeitos sobre os componentes da coordena????o motora, contudo, ainda s??o limitadas as pesquisas que suportem esta no????o. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a interven????o da equoterapia na coordena????o motora de escolares. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo de car??ter experimental. Foram realizadas 20 sess??es de equoterapia com dura????o de 30 minutos cada, ocorrendo uma vez por semana. A amostra inicial foi composta por 70 crian??as do sexo masculino (34) e feminino (36) em idade escolar (6 a 11 anos) que frequentam uma escola p??blica do DF do ensino fundamental do 1?? ao 5?? anos, durante o ano de 2013. Por??m, apenas 64 completaram a proposta do estudo ap??s os crit??rios de exclus??o. Para avaliar o desempenho motor utilizou-se a bateria de teste KTK (K??rperkoordinations test f??r Kinder) o qual ?? composto por quatro tarefas (trave de equil??brio, saltos monopedais, saltos laterais e transfer??ncia sobre plataforma) as quais visam a caracteriza????o de facetas da coordena????o corporal total e o dom??nio corporal. Os resultados mostraram que na classifica????o do teste de coordena????o corporal ??? KTK houve diferen??a significativa entre os grupos experimental e controle (p=0,0001). Nas tarefas do salto lateral e transfer??ncia sobre plataformas foram evidenciados os maiores escores entre o pr??-teste (MEDIA E DESVIO) e o p??s-teste (MEDIA E DESVIO). Ocorreram diferen??as significativas entre os sexos (p=0,04), onde os meninos apresentaram melhores resultados em rela????o ??s meninas (VALORES DE MEDIA E DESVIO). Com rela????o aos grupos de idade foram evidenciadas que as maiores evolu????es nos escores foram alcan??adas pelas crian??as mais velhas. Conclui-se, assim, que a interven????o da equoterapia promoveu efeitos na melhora da coordena????o motora de escolares de 6 a 11 anos e que essas altera????es se mostraram diferentes entre os sexos e as idades.