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Hipotherapy as a part of coherent rehabilitation by multiple handicapped children
HONNER, Petr
Hippotherapy is a method of physiotherapy which transmits a regular three-dimensional movement of a walking horse from the horseback to the client in various positions. This movement is unique and it stimulates postural reflexes, coordination and balance responses, provides proprioceptive sensorimotor stimulation and it practices and fixes physiological movement patterns. The impulses are transmitted from the horse to the client´s lumbosacral area of the spine via the pelvis. As a person riding a horse does not load his/her legs the rider´s response to the moving horseback is a specific movement pattern for the trunk and pelvis, as if the person is walking. This aspect of hippotherapy cannot be replaced with any other rehabilitation method. It is performed in a non-clinical environment and it offers to the client the opportunity to communicate with the horse and to get outdoors to places that would be otherwise not available for him/her due to the disability. The children and adults are thus involved in an activity they can talk about with friends. The horse and the environment around contribute to the treatment of the body and soul alike. The theoretical part of my bachelor thesis deals with the definition of hippotherapy within the integrated rehabilitation of persons with various types of handicaps. I have focused particularly on individuals afflicted with spinal muscular atrophy and hereditary sensorimotor polyneuropathy. The objective of my bachelor thesis is to describe favorable effects of hippotherapy on children with various types of handicaps. The research part deals with the utilization of the method in practice. The qualitative techniques used for data collection included medical records, observations, secondary analysis of data and photographic documentation. The results of hippotherapy demonstrated favorable effects on both the monitored clients who attend the ARPIDA rehabilitation center for handicapped people. The research was conducted on clients with spinal muscular atrophy of type III and hereditary sensorimotor polyneuropathy. The casuistry of both the clients describes the course and results of the therapy.
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Benefits for care and social benefits
DANIELOVÁ, Jaroslava
The final school-work deals with social benefits. It consist of two main parts. In the first part are mentioned basic informations about old age, disability, systematic care of handicapped, coherent rehabilitation. In the second part are mentioned statements found by research of clients getting benefits for care and clients with extra privilege. It was found that there is more women than men, most of them lives in their owh house hold only few lives in houses with special care.
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The importance of the comprehensive rehabilitation system of children with a combined handicap
ČÍŽKOVÁ, Zdeňka
The bachelor work investigates the integral rehabilitation system of care for children with a severe complex handicap. A partial aim of the work was to map out this problem in the ARPIDA Centre, a.c. in České Budějovice which provides services in this field. The research proved hypothesis no. 1 which presumes that when applying an integral rehabilitation system, close cooperation between interested professionals and the parents of a handicapped child is necessary. Hypothesis no. 2 was also proved. It states that the basis for complex care of children with severe complex handicap within the integral rehabilitation system is therapeutic physical education, especially the Vojta{\crq}s reflex method. Therapy is a long term and team effort and, as proven by the research, the parents are an integral part of the team. The results of the research proved the parents´ satisfaction with the activities of ARPIDA centre, including the opportunity to cooperate with professionals working at the centre. In my opinion there is also significant room for appropriate education for parents of children with a severe handicap with regards to the difficult task of caring for their children. This work can be used as study material for those interested in work in helping professions.
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