TY - JOUR
T1 - Donkey therapy and hippotherapy
T2 - Two faces of the same coin?
AU - Portaro, Simona
AU - Maresca, Giuseppa
AU - Raffa, Antonio
AU - Gemelli, Gaetano
AU - Aliberti, Barbara
AU - Calabrò, Rocco Salvatore
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Matrix Medical Communications. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Animal-assisted interventions are considered an innovative rehabilitation approach to improve social, emotional, and physical domains in several diseases. Among such treatments, the equine-assisted activities and therapies have been developed to support the conventional approaches. There is growing evidence on the beneficial effects of hippotherapy, whereas few data are available regarding donkey therapy. Herein, we compare such treatments, hypothesizing their best application field to reach the proper therapeutic outcomes.
AB - Animal-assisted interventions are considered an innovative rehabilitation approach to improve social, emotional, and physical domains in several diseases. Among such treatments, the equine-assisted activities and therapies have been developed to support the conventional approaches. There is growing evidence on the beneficial effects of hippotherapy, whereas few data are available regarding donkey therapy. Herein, we compare such treatments, hypothesizing their best application field to reach the proper therapeutic outcomes.
KW - Animal-assisted interventions
KW - Equine-assisted activities
KW - Hippotherapy
KW - Psychiatric disorders
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M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85088414393
VL - 17
SP - 20
EP - 21
JO - Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience
JF - Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience
SN - 2158-8333
IS - 1-3
ER -