The Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Balance

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dc.contributor.advisorLoy, David P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Susanen_US
dc.contributor.departmentRecreational Therapy Administrationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-28T15:02:08Z
dc.date.available2014-08-28T15:02:08Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the effects of therapeutic horseback riding as a therapeutic intervention to improve the balance of thirty individuals who participated in a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH) therapeutic riding member program. The study lasted ten weeks, with each participant receiving the intervention for thirty minutes, once a week. The Multi-Directional Reach Test (MDRT) (Newman, 2001) was used as an instrument to quantify balance before and after the first intervention, the beginning of the second intervention, and after the last intervention. The therapeutic riding program began with active arm movements to encourage stretching, and required two forms of external perturbations involving at least three transitions, and the completion of at least one figure eight to challenge balance of riders with disabilities. This quasi-experimental study used a one-group pretest-posttest design to examine the effects of therapeutic horseback riding on balance. Paired t-tests and repeated measures ANOVAs were used to examine a relationship between therapeutic horseback riding and balance. The discussion presents practitioner applications and research implications.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.S.en_US
dc.format.extent122 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4500
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectRecreation and tourismen_US
dc.subjectBalanceen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmental disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectHorsesen_US
dc.subjectPATHen_US
dc.subjectTherapeutic horseback ridingen_US
dc.subject.lcshEquilibrium (Physiology)
dc.subject.lcshExercise therapy
dc.subject.lcshHorsemanship
dc.subject.lcshHorses as aids for people with disabilities
dc.titleThe Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Balanceen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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