Date Approved
1998
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Physical Therapy (M.S.)
Degree Program
Physical Therapy
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect that a five-day horseback riding program had on the standing and/or sitting balance of children ages eight to eighteen afflicted with a variety of disabling diagnoses. The stated hypothesis is that after participating in a five-day session of therapeutic riding, subjects will show significant improvement in standing and/or sitting balance as measured by the Functional Reach Test (FRT) and the Modified Functional Reach Test (MFRT). The 15 subjects tested using FRT and the 17 subjects tested using the MFRT were all participants of the Cheff Center riding program. Subjects were pre and post tested by one of two testers using the aforementioned balance tests. Using the t-test for paired comparisons, no significance was found with the FRT and significance was found using the MFRT (oc=0.05).
ScholarWorks Citation
Chaperon, Richard A.; Staszewski, Pamela A.; and Vavrina, Heather L., "The Effects of a Five-Day Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program on the Standing and/or Sitting Balance of Children Ages 8-18 with a Wide Variety of Disabling Diagnoses as Measured by the Functional Reach Test and the Modified Functional Reach Test" (1998). Masters Theses. 414.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/414
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