BOOK OF RIDINGTHERAPY
The Book of Finnish Riding Therapy has come out 10.1.2011. In this book the professionals tell about the meaning of riding therapy/hippotherapy as a rehabilitation method to maintain and develop Active Daily Living. The articles in this book give a vide range how riding therapy/hippotherapy is carried out, what are the influences and who will benefit from it. The book is for professionals in Hippotherapy field, for rehabilitation and health care professionals, students and hippotherapy clients and their kin. The book will be translated in English and will be published 2012. Preorders: suomenratsastusterapeutit@gmail.com The price is approximately 50€ plus posting. The publisher is PS-publishing company, Finland and the library class is K59.4+ ISBN 978-952-451-478-1
Sanna Mattila-Rautiainen Editor of the book
********************************************************************************************************************************************* RIDING THERAPY edited by Sanna Mattila-Rautiainen
Contents Greetings from the Organisators of the Finnish Riding Therapy Education Foreword Part One - Riding Therapy – A Holistic Form of Rehabilitation 1. Preface 2. Neurophysiology of Riding Therapy Part Two – The Horse and the Use of Equipment in Riding Therapy 3. The Horse, the Stable and the Possibilities They Represent in Riding Therapy 4. The Effects of the Horse and the Challenges it places on Man 5. Horse Locomotion and its Biomechanics 6. The Anatomy of the Spine and its Functions During Horse Locomotion 7. The Effects of Riding on Wellbeing 8. Riding Therapy and the Use of Equipment Part Three – Riding Therapy as a Modality of Rehabilitation: When the Psyche is Shaken 9. Horse As an Aid in Psychotherapy 10. Riding Therapy in the Treatment of Depression 11. The Possibilities of Psychiatric Riding Therapy in the Strengthening of Emotional Interaction Skills 12. The Possibilities of Riding Therapy in Promoting Drug Detoxication Part Four – Riding Therapy as a Modality of Rehabilitation: When the Body Doesn’t Function 13. The Assistant in Riding Therapy 14. Riding Therapy in Adult Neurology 15. Riding Therapy of a Patient with MS 16. A Trial Run of Riding Therapy on Patients with Lower Back Pain 17. The Possibilities of a Patient with Tetraplegia Following a Spinal Cord Injury in Riding Therapy 18. Diplegia and Riding Therapy 19. Promoting Co-ordination, Body Awareness and Bilateral Functioning in the Riding Therapy of a Child Part Five - Riding Therapy as a Modality of Rehabilitation: When Development or Behaviour are Challenged 20. Riding Therapy of an Adolescent with Multiple Disabilities 21. The Possibilities of Riding Therapy in Treating Learning and Developmental Disorders 22. Autism and Riding Therapy 23. A Child with Conduct Disorders and Riding Therapy 24. A Child in Child Welfare and Riding Therapy Part Six – Evaluation of the Effects of Riding Therapy, Quality and Audits 25. Evaluation of the Effects of Riding Therapy 26. Quality and Audits in Riding Therapy About the Authors |
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