Effect of hippotherapy in the global motor coordination in individuals with Down Syndrome

• Main Authors: Valéria Sovat de Freitas Costa (Author), Hudday Mendes da Silva (Author), Monique de Azevêdo (Author), André Ribeiro da Silva (Author), Ludmila Lucena Pereira Cabral (Author), Jonatas de França Barros (Author)
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• Published: Editora Champagnat.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction: Down syndrome (DS) of all genetic syndromes is the most common. In Hippotherapy, three-dimensional movements, provided by horse walking, awaken in the body of children with DS a large amount of sensory and neuromuscular stimuli, which directly interfere with overall developmen...