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Effects of therapeutic horse riding on gait cycle parameters and some aspects of behavior of children with autism . We studied effects of therapeutic riding on the development of children with autism . Experiments in walking is appropriate for assessing the coordination of movement and for following the changes . We found that therapeutic riding should be considered as a new form of rehabilitation . Twenty-six pupils ( 12 boys and 14 girls ) of a special needs school participated in therapeutic riding . We analyzed walking twice during a school-term : full body analyses each time before and after one-month therapy . The research included a non-riding control group . All together 104 analyses were performed . We measured mental skills using Pedagogical Analysis and Curriculum ( PAC ) test consisting of four parts being communication , self care , motor skills and socialization . The Gait Cycle Analysis consists of the time-series analysis , the analysis of part of the gait cycle and the measurement of joint angles in each plane . We found significant differences between before and after the therapy in the length of the gait cycle that became more stable in the sagital plane and concluded that our results proved that horse therapy may be successfully used as an additional therapy for children with autism , and it may be a form of rehabilitation in cases when other therapies are not successful .
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Intervention_Physical
therapeutic horse riding
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Intervention_Physical
therapeutic riding
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Intervention_Physical
therapeutic riding
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Intervention_Physical
therapeutic riding
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Intervention_Physical
full body analyses
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Intervention_Physical
one-month therapy
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Intervention_Control
non-riding control group
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Intervention_Psychological
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Outcome_Physical
gait cycle parameters
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Outcome_Mental
aspects of behavior
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Outcome_Mental
communication , self care , motor skills
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Outcome_Mental
socialization .
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Outcome_Physical
length of the gait cycle
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Participant_Condition
autism
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Participant_Condition
autism .
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Participant_Sample-size
Twenty-six
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Participant_Sample-size
12
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Participant_Sex
boys
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Participant_Sample-size
14
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Participant_Sex
girls
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Participant_Age
children