“Nada sobre nós sem nós” a voz do usuário de cadeira de rodas praticante do método equoterápico e seus familiares sobre o bem-estar subjetivo

As terapias alternativas não farmacológicas tem sido objeto de vários estudos e conquistado a adesão de profissionais da saúde nas esferas física e mental, mas poucas investigações têm demonstrado preocupação em ouvir os participantes, nomeadamente os praticantes submetidos a essas terapias. O presente estudo, de natureza transversal exploratória e abordagem qualitativa com enquadramento epistemológico voltado para um paradigma fenomenológico interpretativo, tem como objetivo conhecer os possíveis benefícios da equoterapia relacionados ao bem-estar subjetivo de usuários de cadeira de rodas, para tanto, buscou através de entrevistas semiestruturadas, analisar a narrativa dos próprios praticantes de equoterapia e seus familiares. Os resultados obtidos a partir de uma amostra com 10 participantes sugerem ganhos relativos a autoestima, autoconfiança, autonomia, empoderamento, melhor relacionamento familiar com consequente melhoria da qualidade de vida e felicidade, ao que se conclui que a equoterapia pode contribuir positivamente para a elevação dos níveis do bem-estar subjetivo de usuários de cadeira de rodas. Alternative non-pharmacological therapies have been the subject of several studies and have won the support of health professionals in the physical and also mental spheres, but few investigations have shown concern with listening to the participants, namely the practitioners submitted to these therapies. The present study, of an exploratory cross-sectional nature and qualitative approach with an epistemological framework linked to an interpretative phenomenological paradigm, aims to learn about the possible benefits of equine therapy related to the subjective well-being of wheelchair users. Therefore, it sought through semi-structured interviews analyze the self-narrative of the equine therapy practitioners and their families. The results obtained from a sample with 10 participants suggest gains related to self-esteem, self-confidence, autonomy, empowerment, better family relationships with a consequent improvement in the quality of life and happiness. This leads to the conclusion that equine therapy can positively contribute to the elevation of the subjective well-being levels of wheelchair users.

Emulador de Equinoterapia para la Rehabilitación de Pacientes con Parálisis Cerebral Infantil

Nowadays, animal-assisted therapies are becoming more common in the rehabilitation field, one of the most outstanding is equine therapy or horse-assisted therapy, whose simple principles serve as an effective treatment for patients with infantile cerebral palsy conforming to various studies. Due to the conditions that are particularly necessary to maintain this type of therapy center, it tends to come at a high price, thus limiting its access to different patients. For this reason, a new alternative is presented that provides the same effects as equine therapy, designing an emulator so that this procedure is more affordable and can benefit a substantial number of people. For the outline of the prototype was realized an analysis of the equine gait to create a record and control of data, also a sketch of the electromechanical and monitoring system that will allow recreating the movements of the gait using the data collected. To corroborate the correct implementation of the therapy by checking the output variables, as well as protecting the physical integrity of the patients by verifying the limits and ranges allowed for the main blocks of the system. By comparing the operating principle on which the prototype proposal is based with the fundamentals of conventional therapy with animals, a new alternative could be composed for this procedure that would only require a study that proves its validity once developed.

Equine Therapy Interventions in Improving Language Aspects of Dyslexic Children

Animal-assisted therapies are being widely acknowledged for improving the needs of children with various difficulties. One of the many animal-assisted therapies that are known to be beneficial includes equine therapy. The primary aim of this research was to study the improved language aspects of dyslexic children after undergoing five equine therapy interventions. The five equine therapy interventions include friendly introduction to horses, auditory comprehension, phonological awareness, sentence mastery and spelling ability. A randomised study was done by selecting 16 dyslexic children from Malaysia Dyslexia Association in carrying out equine therapy. Results from the study done proved that the dyslexic children chosen has demonstrated vast improvement in the following aspects of language, namely comprehension, phonological, sentence mastery and spelling. The general assumption of this study is that every equine therapy intervention has its own unique objective and outcome on dyslexic children. Further research is required in this domain to study the long-term effects of equine therapy in other areas of special need children.

Evaluation of assistance in the Riding Therapy Centers of a city in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul- Brazil

Throughout the development of the sciences and in search of an answer to disturbing questions, professionals from different areas of knowledge, mainly health, sought and seek alternatives to assist in the treatment of different diseases and limitations, which affects individuals, causing irreversible biopsychosocial damage. In this view, and in order to assist in the treatment, Equine Therapy has been discovered as a therapeutic resource, a therapeutic and educational method that uses the horse from an interdisciplinary approach between the areas of health and education. Thus, this study aims to analyze the Riding Therapy Centers of Santa Maria, in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, aiming to evaluate the services according to the ANDE-BRASIL norms in the biopsychosocial development of people with intellectual needs. For this, a survey was carried out with questionnaires and observations in three Riding Therapy centers in the city of Santa Maria - RS, between May and June 2019, realizing that riding therapy develops the inclusion and improves the practitioner's biopsychosocial aspects in a mediating and complementary way. treatment proposed by conventional medicine, since this therapy offers a variety of stimuli: visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile and kinesthetic. It is concluded, therefore, that hippotherapy, not only benefits people with intellectual needs, but several pathologies, being difficult to focus its benefits only in one pathology, since, it benefits the global development, both of the patient, and of the team involved, bringing a improvement for patient, family and community involved.

INTERDISCIPLINARIDADE DOS CURSOS DA ÁREA DA SAÚDE DA UPF EM RELAÇÃO ÀS INTERVENÇÕES PRÁTICAS NA EQUOTERAPIA

MELLO, P.C; PILCHER, N.A. e SCORTEGAGNA, H.M. Interdisciplinaridade dos cursos da área de saúde da UPF em relação às intervenções práticas na equoterapia. Revista Científica JOPEF, Vol.28, n.1, pp.44-53, 2019. The Equine Therapy project takes place in a unique and interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary way in which fifty paidex scholarship students and volunteers from health courses such as Physical Education, Nursing, Speech Therapy, Dentistry, Psychology and Veterinary Medicine participate, providing an interdisciplinarity between students / patients treated and transdisciplinarity. establishing connections between the courses, seeking meaningful experiences lived in different situations of knowledge construction linked to the social reality that they will face in the future professional practice in different areas of health. Equine therapy sessions are held on Monday and Wednesday, by the afternoon shift, at the Military Brigade Farm. The subjects assisted in this project are individuals with disabilities, mostly with autism spectrum disorder and cerebral palsy, all belonging to the Passo Fundo community. In total, an average of thirty people with special needs are being served weekly, ranging in age from three to forty-three years old. During the activities, it has been possible to observe the neuropsychomotor development with huge improvement in coordination, rhythm, balance, posture and self-confidence, allowing greater independence and autonomy of those cared for. Currently, three professionals lead the project, a coordinating professor at the University of Passo Fundo, based at the Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, two other collaborators in the areas of horse riding and care. This project is carried out in partnership with the Autistic Parents and Friends Association (AUMA), Socioeducative Care Center (CASE) and the 3rd RPMON of the Military Brigade. Keywords: Equine Therapy. Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Cerebral Palsy.