- AutorIn
- Vanessa Vermöhlen
- Petra Schiller
- Sabine Schickendantz
- Marion Drache
- Sabine Hussack
- Andreas Gerber-Grote
- Dieter Pöhlau
- Titel
- Hippotherapy for patients with multiple sclerosis
- Untertitel
- A multicenter randomized controlled trial (MS-HIPPO)
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-355272
- Quellenangabe
- Multiple Sclerosis Journal Erscheinungsort: London
Verlag: Sage
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Jahrgang: 24
Heft: 10
Seiten: 1375-1382
E-ISSN: 1477-0970 - Erstveröffentlichung
- 2018
- Abstract (EN)
- Background: Evidence-based complementary treatment options for multiple sclerosis (MS) are limited. Objective: To investigate the effect of hippotherapy plus standard care versus standard care alone in MS patients. Methods: A total of 70 adults with MS were recruited in five German centers and randomly allocated to the intervention group (12 weeks of hippotherapy) or the control group. Primary outcome was the change in the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) after 12 weeks, and further outcome measures included fatigue, pain, quality of life, and spasticity. Results: Covariance analysis of the primary endpoint resulted in a mean difference in BBS change of 2.33 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.03–4.63, p = 0.047) between intervention (n = 32) and control (n = 38) groups. Benefit on BBS was largest for the subgroup with an Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) ⩾ 5 (5.1, p = 0.001). Fatigue (−6.8, p = 0.02) and spasticity (−0.9, p = 0.03) improved in the intervention group. The mean difference in change between groups was 12.0 (p < 0.001) in physical health score and 14.4 (p < 0.001) in mental health score of Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQoL-54). Conclusion: Hippotherapy plus standard care, while below the threshold of a minimal clinically important difference, significantly improved balance and also fatigue, spasticity, and quality of life in MS patients.
- Andere Ausgabe
- Link zum Artikel, der zuerst in der Zeitschrift 'Multiple sclerosis journal' erschienen ist.
DOI: 10.1177/1352458517721354 - Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Bergwaage, Hippotherapie, Pferdeunterstützte Therapie, Multiple Sklerose, Spastik, Lebensqualität
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- Berg balance scale, hippotherapy, equine-assisted therapy, multiple sclerosis, spasticity, quality of life
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 610
- Verlag
- Sage, London
- Förder- / Projektangaben
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung ID: 01KN1106
- Version / Begutachtungsstatus
- publizierte Version / Verlagsversion
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-355272
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 04.11.2019
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis