Hippotherapy in Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy (HIPOSMA)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Spinal Muscular Atrophy focused on measuring hippotherapy, children, psychomotor development, physiotherapy, quality of life, posture, motor skills, therapeutic riding, muscle fatigue
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- clinic diagnosis SMA (I, II, and III types)
- no changing medicine 6 months at least
- without another grave diseases
Exclusion Criteria:
- hip subluxation
- allergies to horses and the environment of horse stables
- insurmountable fear of the horse
Sites / Locations
- Kamila ŘasováRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Experimental
Other
Individual physiotherapy (SMA-SOC)
Hippotherapy by the children with cerebral palsy
Therapeutic grooming
Individual physiotherapy will be performed according to the recommended SMA-SOC guidelines.
Hippotherapy by the children with cerebral palsy is an accredited form of hippotherapy, whose methodology is based on the clinical picture of cerebral palsy, but its procedures are applicable to a wider group of children with disabilities. Therefore, investigators assume its effect for children with SMA.
In order to influence the psychomotor development in a comprehensive way, the psychosocial activity of therapeutic grooming will also be included in the study. Its goal is to support children's communication, their interaction with the environment, the ability to establish contact with the horse and the overall emotional support of children with SMA.