TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Effect of mechanical horse practice as new postural training in patients with neurological disorders: a pilot study
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Baillet, Héloïse
A1  - Leroy, David
A1  - Vérin, Eric
A1  - Delpouve, Claire
A1  - Benguigui, Nicolas
A1  - Komar, John
A1  - Thouvarecq, Regis
SP  - e1035
EP  - e1035
VL  - 10
IS  - 
N2  - <b>Objective:</b> From a dynamic system approach, this study evaluated the impact of a new training protocol <i>using a mechanical horse</i> on the postural coordination of brain-damaged patients. <b>Methods:</b> Eighteen volunteer brain-damaged patients (i.e., post-stroke or traumatic brain injury) were recruited and randomly divided into an experimental group (horse group; <i>n</i> = 10, conventional therapy associated with horse-riding exercise on the mechanical horse for 30 min, twice a week, for 12 weeks) and a control group (<i>n</i> = 8; conventional therapy without intervention on the mechanical horse). Postural coordination was evaluated during pre- and post-tests through discrete relative phase (DRP) computation: ϕ<sub>Head-Horse</sub>, ϕ<sub>Trunk-Horse.</sub><b>Results:</b> A significant effect of used training has been showed, <i>F</i><sub>(1, 15)</sub> = 16.6 (<i>p</i> < 0.05) for all patients, concerning the trunk/horse coordination. <b>Conclusion:</b> This pilot study results showed the impact of this new training method on the postural coordination of these patients. After 24 sessions, the coordination of the horse group patients differed from that of the control group, showing their ability to adapt to constraints and develop specific modes of postural coordination (trunk/horse <i>antiphase</i>) to optimize their posture.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01035
ID  - ref1
ER  -