Summary of the Systematic Review

ARTICLE CITATION

The Translation of movement from the equine to the rider with relevance for hippotherapy

Donaldson M. et al

Journal of Equine Vet. Science (2019)

ARTICLE DETAILS

Description

Although horseback riding is a well-established means of rehabilitation therapy for a variety of human patients, there are few data on the biomechanical relationships between horse and rider during such hippotherapy. We simultaneously tracked the movements of a horse with several different novice riders, under conditions similar to hippotherapy, to evaluate whether horses pass the same motion to different riders while being lead at a walk.

Profession 

Not specified - no actual therapy sessions involved

Location 

USA

Intervention Terminology

HPOT

Study Design 

Descriptive/validity/qualitative

Sample

6 Adults 

Age/Population

18-28  years 

Assessment/ Outcome measure tools

Biometrics motion system, goniometers, video motion capture system, MATLAB

Result Category 

Joint motions of both horse and rider concurrently

Dosage/Description of Intervention

Five trials, composed of four passes across the runway (two facing left and two facing right) with each pass containing 5–6 strides. This provided samples of 20 passes per rider