Impact of an Intensive Six-Day Equine-Assisted Physiotherapy Programme on Functional Mobility and Respiratory Outcomes in Children with Down Syndrome
Description
The following file presents a comprehensive table of respiratory and functional mobility performance of 30 children with DS between 3 testing sessions. The aim of this study was to assess the potential therapeutic effect (= an improvement in respiratory and functional mobility outcomes) after completion of the 6-day equine-assisted physiotherapy (EAPT) inpatient stay with 12 sessions of EAPT, each lasting 30 minutes. The study was conducted using a one-group pretest-posttest design with a pretest, a posttest and a follow-up measurement to assess the potential persistence of the effect. The three testing sessions occurred one day before, one day after, and 28 days after completion of the rehabilitation programme. Five tests were used in each session: Spirometry (FEV1; PEF), TUG (Timed up and go test), TUGO (Timed up and go test with an obstacle), TUDS (Timed up and down stairs test), FSST (Four-square step test). For more information about the results and methodology, search a publication by Zítek et al. (2024) under the title "The Impact of Six-day Equine-Assisted Physiotherapy Programme on Respiratory Performance and Functional Mobility in Children with Down Syndrome"