Dorothée Debuse

TL;DR: The study revealed agreement among respondents on the overall perceived effects of hippotherapy on individuals with cerebral palsy, namely, the regulation of muscle tone, improvement of postural control and psychological benefits.

TL;DR: This was the first qualitative study to explore the hippotherapy experience of people with cerebral palsy from a user perspective and provided unique and new insights into the context in which hippotherapy happens, as well as its effects on impairment, activity, participation, and quality of life in people with cortex palsy.

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review was conducted to identify valid, reliable, and clinically practical measures of function/activity for children with cerebral palsy, including Gross Motor Function Measure versions 88 and 66 and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory.

TL;DR: The effects of exercising with a new device which combines weight-bearing, an unstable base of support (BOS) (feet), an upright posture with a relatively stable lumbo-pelvic area, and functional lower limb movement, are examined, with the aim of exploring which of these elements may be effective, in increasing LM and TrA muscle activity.

TL;DR: Some countermeasures were found to be successful in preventing some lumbopelvic musculoskeletal changes, but not others, and future studies investigating countermeasures should report consistent outcomes, and also use an actual microgravity environment.