Hippoterapinin Terapatik Yararları: Ergoterapi Bakış Açısı

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1, 324 - 333, 25.03.2023

Polat Koç Neyran Altınkaya Gonca İnanç

https://doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.931263

Öz

Bu derleme makalede, Ergoterapi bakış açısı ile atların ritmik salınımları ve vücut sıcaklığının binicinin lökomotor ve duyusal faaliyetlerini etkilemesi esasına göre çalışan bir rehabilitasyon yaklaşımı olan hippoterapinin terapatik yararlarının ortaya konulması amaçlanmıştır. Son yıllarda hippoterapi ile ilgili yapılan araştırmaların çoğu, özellikle postür, denge, kuvvet, koordinasyon ve sensorimotor programlamayı içeren fiziksel engellere uygulanan rehabilitasyon faydaları üzerine olmuştur. Fiziksel hedeflere ulaşma sırasında hippoterapi uygulamalarının benzersiz yaklaşımı beraberinde sosyal, billişsel, akademik, davranışsal, psikolojik ve iletişim alanındaki sonuçları da etkilemektedir. Hippoterapi uygulamaları sırasındaki tedavi yaklaşımı çok yönlü olup, tüm vücut sistemlerinde olağanüstü etkiler göstermektedir. Hippoterapide doğru yöntem, doğru at ve profesyonel bir ekip ile birçok hastalığın tedavisi ve problemlerinin giderilmesinin mümkün olabileceği görülmektedir. Hippoterapi uygulamalarında profesyonel ekibin içerisinde yer alan Ergoterapistler sağlığı ve refahı aktiviteler yoluyla geliştirirler. Ergoterapistler günlük aktivitelerde motor kontrolü, koordinasyonu, dengeyi, dikkati, duyusal süreçleri ve performansı iyileştirmeyi hedeflemektedir. Bu hedeflerine atın ritmik ve dinamik hareketinden, dokusundan ve sıcaklığından yararlanarak ulaşırlar. Ülkemizde hippoterapinin önemi hekimler ve terapistler tarafından daha derinden anlaşıldıkça daha fazla hasta ve ailelerinin bu tedaviden fayda göreceği öngörülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

At Destekli Tedavi, Ergoterapi, Hippoterapi

Destekleyen Kurum

Çalışma sırasında hiçbir kurum ya da kişiden finansal destek alınmamıştır.

The Therapeutic Benefits of Hippotherapy: Occupational Therapy Perspective

Öz

In this review article, it is aimed to reveal the therapeutic benefits of hippotherapy, a rehabilitation approach that works on the basis of the rhythmic oscillations of horses and the effect of body temperature on the rider's leukomotor and sensory activities with the Occupational Therapy perspective. Most of the research on hippotherapy in recent years has been on the rehabilitation benefits applied to physical disabilities, particularly including posture, balance, strength, coordination, and sensorimotor programming. The unique approach of hippotherapy practices while achieving physical goals also affects social, cognitive, academic, behavioral, psychological and communication results. The treatment approach during hippotherapy applications is versatile and shows extraordinary effects on all body systems. In hippotherapy, it is seen that it is possible to treat and eliminate many diseases with the right method, the right horse and a professional team. Occupational therapists, who are in the professional team in hippotherapy applications, improve health and well-being through activities. Occupational therapists aim to improve motor control, coordination, balance, attention, sensory processes and performance in daily activities. They achieve these goals by taking advantage of the horse's rhythmic and dynamic movement, texture and warmth. As the importance of hippotherapy is understood more deeply by physicians and therapists in our country, it is predicted that more patients and their families will benefit from this treatment.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Horse Assisted Treatment, Occupational Therapy, Hippotherapy

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