Effect of an equine therapy program on psychomotor development in children belonging to the school integration program

Morales Barrientos, Pablo; Lee-Andruske, Cynthia; Vargas, Rodrigo

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dc.contributor.author	Morales Barrientos, Pablo
dc.contributor.author	Lee-Andruske, Cynthia
dc.contributor.author	Vargas, Rodrigo
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-01T15:39:05Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-01T15:39:05Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.uri	http://repositorio.ucm.cl/handle/ucm/3825
dc.description.abstract	Background: A large number of children with disabilities exist, who have special educational needs and a delay in psychomotor development; they are frequently incorporated into student integration programs (SIP), forming part of the regular class and receiving complimentary technical and educational assistance. The health system has historically handled these cases through traditional physical therapy; however, currently, other complementary treatment techniques have arisen that produce benefits in the physical, psychological, cognitive, and social aspects of the child. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of an Equine therapy program on the psychomotor development of SIP students. Methods: A quantitative study with a quasi-experimental design and convenience sampling was conducted. Eighteen students (ten men and eight women) from SIP were obtained to establish a control group (N=9) and an experimental group (N=9). The intervention consisted of an 18-weeks program of equine therapy with two sessions each week. Psychomotor development was assessed before and after the intervention with the “Test de Desarrollo y Aprendizaje” (TADI). Results: There was a significant improvement in psychomotor development (p<0,001) and in the cognitive and motor skills at the end of the intervention (p<0,05), the effect size obtained in the psychomotor development construct and the cognition and motor skills indicators were large (d> 0,8). Conclusion: Statistically significant changes were found in the experimental group comparing the initial and final values after the intervention through many variables. It is then possible to conclude that equine therapy has a moderate to large impact on psychomotor development of SIP students, which was also statistically significant.	es_CL
dc.language.iso	en	es_CL
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/	*
dc.source	International Journal of Physiotherapy, 7(2), 69-73	es_CL
dc.subject	Psychomotor development	es_CL
dc.subject	Equine therapy	es_CL
dc.subject	Student integration	es_CL
dc.subject	Special educational needs	es_CL
dc.subject	Motricity	es_CL
dc.subject	Cognition	es_CL
dc.title	Effect of an equine therapy program on psychomotor development in children belonging to the school integration program	es_CL
dc.type	Article	es_CL
dc.ucm.facultad	Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Otro	es_CL
dc.ucm.doi	doi.org/10.15621/ijphy/2020/v7i2/653	es_CL