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Therapeutic Horsemanship in Veterans

NCT02891421 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2016-09-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The project partnered with U.S. military veterans with a premier accredited therapeutic riding center for six weeks. The veterans interacted with horses by grooming and learning about them, as well as riding them for one hour per week during which they gained a variety of skills. We hoped the veterans would experience a reduction in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depression, and loneliness, while improving their social and emotional health and self-efficacy.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Therapeutic Horseback Riding

Veterans were matched to a horse for best fit and the same horse was ridden each week. The warm-up exercises involved various repeated physical movements while the horse was walking or standing steady, such as head rotations, lifting arms, rotating ankles, flexing toes. The exercises began with riding at a walk during the early weeks, learning reining skills and riding positions, and progressed to light trotting. Veteran participants were able to build on skill sets related to grooming, tacking, mounting, and riding that were introduced in prior weeks. Skill progression was based on individual abilities and safety as determined by certified riding instructor and occupational therapist.

OTHER

Standard Care

Standard Care: Participants received standard care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital

    collaborator FED

  • Horses and Humans Research Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Missouri-Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca A Johnson, PhD · University of Missouri-Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-02-28

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