Therapeutic riding for persons with somatic disabilities
Jensen, H.; Mikkelsen, R.; Paulsen, E.T.
Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 111(30): 3632-3634
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001 PMID: 1838211 Document Number: 371766
Therapeutic riding for somatic disabled has been established as one of the treatment modalities at Beitostølen Health Sports Centre ever since it opened in 1970. The accumulated experience indicates positive effects of the treatment, on empirical grounds, but there is a need of further evaluation and controlled studies. The authors briefly review the principle of the treatment and present the results of a study on the level of pain in patients with Bechterew's disease before and after treatment.