The subject ot the research: children sick with cerebral paralysis.
The problem of the research: hypotherapy is a new and hot theme, because this kind of treatment is rather obscure and rarely applied in treating children with cerebral paralysis in Lithuania.
The aim of the research: to determine the influence of hypotherapy on children sick with cerebral paralysis.
Tasks of the paper:
1. To evaluate the movements of sick children according to GMFM test before hypotherapy, during it and after it.
2. To determine the possibilities of the accomplishment of exercises both on a standing horse and walking at foot‘s pace of children sick with cerebral paralysis .
3. To evaluate the achievements of children sick with cerebral paralysis ( riders) before and after hypotherapy.
4. To make a survey among parents having children sick with cerebral paralysis.
The hypothesis of the research: the application of hypotherapy should improve the motion functions and the children‘s emotional state.
The methods of the research: the analysis of scientific literature, interview, testing, observation, statistical analysis of the research data.
The results of the research: comparing the initial Gross Motor Function Measure – GMFM (Ulrich, 1993 ) testing results to the final ( after hypotherapy ) ones, the improvement in children‘s health is obvious. The achievements of most children sick with cerebral paralysis ( riders ) before hypotherapy were poor, and satisfactory or good after it. Summing up... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060511_093202-72053 |
| Date | 11 May 2006 |
| Creators | Simonavičienė, Regina |
| Contributors | Krutulytė, G., Krutulytė, Gražina, Gorinienė, G., Kriščiūnas, A., Dudonienė, V., Vaitauskienė, V., Skirius, J., Petrusevičienė, Daiva, Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060511_093202-72053 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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