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...... The implications are clear that Hippotherapy provides not only physical benefits but as well provide cognitive learning benefits. Finally, the benefits are clearly social-emotional in nature because this young child who was enabled to walk through Hippotherapy is sure to have a much healthier and active social-emotional experience than were he still unable to walk or sit without support. Furthermore, the sense of self-confidence that the child gains in their feeling of being in control of the horse results in empowering the child and drives the improvement of the childs physical abilities

III. STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTION

The Horse & Human Research Foundation reported in its 2008 Edition #1 entitled: Benefits of Hippotherapy Proven by Washington University Research Team that a breakthrough study on the on the therapeutic impact of equine therapy for children with cerebral palsy stated findings that hippotherapy the use of the rhythmic movement of a horse to effect therapeutic gains, improves both head and trunk stability and upper extremity function in children with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy. (H & H Research Foundation, 2008)
The study reported was a year-long study that focused on measuring stability changes in children with cerebral palsy after 1 week of hippotherapy

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