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Cerebral palsy is described as a group of permanent neuromotor-type disorders caused by non-progressive injuries in the developmental stages of the central nervous system, and which have serious repercussions on the quality of life of affected children due to the physical and psychological damage it entails for them. Today, it is the leading cause of physical disability in childhood. Since there is no cure for this disorder, treatment is based on the improvement of symptoms, which is not always achieved through conventional therapies. For this reason, the need arises to investigate other alternative therapies, such as hippotherapy, to determine the main effects of hippotherapy as a rehabilitation therapy in children with cerebral palsy. The review was performed in accordance with the criteria of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol and was registered under the number CRD42021233003. The databases used were PubMed, Dialnet and the web browser Google Scholar. After applying the inclusion criteria, we included 11 articles. As a conclusion, we found that hippotherapy provides benefits at physical, psychological, cognitive and social levels in children with cerebral palsy, and thus it should be considered as a complementary rehabilitation therapy to conventional treatments.
María Menor-Rodríguez; Mar Sevilla Martín; Juan Sánchez-García; María Montiel-Troya; Jonathan Cortés-Martín; Raquel Rodríguez-Blanque. Role and Effects of Hippotherapy in the Treatment of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2021, 10, 2589 .
AMA StyleMaría Menor-Rodríguez, Mar Sevilla Martín, Juan Sánchez-García, María Montiel-Troya, Jonathan Cortés-Martín, Raquel Rodríguez-Blanque. Role and Effects of Hippotherapy in the Treatment of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021; 10 (12):2589.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaría Menor-Rodríguez; Mar Sevilla Martín; Juan Sánchez-García; María Montiel-Troya; Jonathan Cortés-Martín; Raquel Rodríguez-Blanque. 2021. "Role and Effects of Hippotherapy in the Treatment of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review of the Literature." Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 12: 2589.
Background: Physical exercise helps to maintain a healthy lifestyle and its practice is recommended for women during pregnancy as a means of limiting the negative effects on the body that may take place and to optimise well-being, mood and sleep patterns, as well as encouraging daily physical activity, enhancing the ability to work and preventing pregnancy-related complications. Aim: To analyse the quality of life in pregnancy for women who complete a programme of moderate physical activity in water, following a designed method that the woman can perform physical exercise safely during pregnancy called the SWEP (study of water exercise during pregnancy) method. Materials and methods: A randomised clinical trial was performed. One hundred and twenty-nine pregnant women were randomly assigned either to an exercise class following the SWEP method (EG, n = 65) or to a control group (CG, n = 64). The trial began in week 20 of pregnancy (May 2016) and ended in week 37 (October 2016). Heath-related quality of life (HRQoL) was evaluated with the SF36v2 health questionnaire at weeks 12 and 35 of pregnancy. Results: The HRQoL score decreased significantly between weeks 12 and 35 of gestation, except for the mental health component, which in the CG fell by −3.28 points and in the EG increased slightly (p > 0.05). Among the CG, the score for the mental health component at week 35 was ≤42, indicating a positive screening risk of depression (39.20 ± 4.16). Conclusions: Physical activity programmes in water, such as SWEP, enhance the HRQoL of pregnant women.
Raquel Rodríguez-Blanque; María José Aguilar-Cordero; Ana Eugenia Marín-Jiménez; María José Menor-Rodríguez; Maria Montiel-Troya; Juan Carlos Sánchez-García. Water Exercise and Quality of Life in Pregnancy: A Randomised Clinical Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 1288 .
AMA StyleRaquel Rodríguez-Blanque, María José Aguilar-Cordero, Ana Eugenia Marín-Jiménez, María José Menor-Rodríguez, Maria Montiel-Troya, Juan Carlos Sánchez-García. Water Exercise and Quality of Life in Pregnancy: A Randomised Clinical Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (4):1288.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaquel Rodríguez-Blanque; María José Aguilar-Cordero; Ana Eugenia Marín-Jiménez; María José Menor-Rodríguez; Maria Montiel-Troya; Juan Carlos Sánchez-García. 2020. "Water Exercise and Quality of Life in Pregnancy: A Randomised Clinical Trial." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 4: 1288.
Background: Overweight and obesity are the result of a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors, which begins prenatally. Aim: To analyse an intervention based on play as a means of improving the body composition of children who are overweight or obese. Methods: The Kids-Play study is a randomized clinical trial (RCT) consisting of 49 children aged 8–12 years on a nine-month intervention programme based on physical activity, play and nutritional advice. Controls had another 49 children, who received only nutritional advice. Results: The play-based intervention achieved a moderate-vigorous level of physical activity in the study group of 81.18 min per day, while the corresponding level for the control group was only 37.34 min. At the start of the intervention, the children in the study group had an average body fat content of 41.66%, a level that decreased to 38.85% by the end of the programme. Among the control group, body fat increased from 38.83% to 41.4% during the same period. Conclusions: The intervention programme considered, based on both play and nutritional recommendations, produced a decrease in body fat among children aged 8–12 years. However, the control group, which received only nutritional recommendations, experienced an increase in body weight.
Antonio Manuel Sánchez-López; María José Menor-Rodríguez; Juan Carlos Sánchez-García; María José Aguilar-Cordero. Play as a Method to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in Children: An RCT. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 346 .
AMA StyleAntonio Manuel Sánchez-López, María José Menor-Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Sánchez-García, María José Aguilar-Cordero. Play as a Method to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in Children: An RCT. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (1):346.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Manuel Sánchez-López; María José Menor-Rodríguez; Juan Carlos Sánchez-García; María José Aguilar-Cordero. 2020. "Play as a Method to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in Children: An RCT." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 1: 346.