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Recent news story on a study on ASD children. Parking here for later: https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2017/09/03/horse-riding-reduce-autism-symptoms-children/ Montanabw(talk) 20:20, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
The lead was two sentences, and didn't really reflect the actual article. Upon looking at the changes made since my cursory edit, the small expansio was useful. I added more, as the lead needed some expansion to more accurately summarize the article. I looked over what's sources and stable in the text and threw in a wee bit of the history plus took a stab at a summary on what little we have on physical health stuff. We actually only have meta-analysis sources in the article on the mental health side, there's very little coverage of the review of physical health, the Selby article noted in passing how little has been done and how recent it is. From a cursory look, hippotherapy does seem to have some study in literature on physical therapies of various sorts, though the stuff on benefits for random diseases does appear a bit too full of woo. The autism spectrum stuff and benefits for people with developmental disabilities probably needs expansion eventually, but I don't really see a pressing need to change or update the body text at this point, given that every source and sentence has to be added with consensus. But a two-sentence lead isn't in compliance with WP:LEAD and we should improve it. Montanabw(talk) 00:16, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
I tried to link this article to the French version (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89quith%C3%A9rapie) however it says the article is already linked to "Hippotherapy". Which is confusing because there is no such article on EN Wikipedia, it's just a section within Equire-assisted therapy. I'm not a Wiki expert, if someone can help to fix this... --Nasht00 (talk) 09:34, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
I think this article needs a statement somewhere to explain that this topic is not related to Para-equestrian sports. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:02, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Maybe, though not sure about why there is a problem. Is there confusion? And actually, therapeutic riding for people with physical disabilities is kind of connected... Montanabw(talk) 03:11, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
This section is just about incomprehensible. It needs to be re-written (or deleted?). In addition, the sources that support all say nearly identical things, in the same words, so I suspect they are all taken from the same press release. That makes me wonder whether this section is encyclopedic at all, or is just there to promote this business.--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
For starters I happen to like spending time with horses myself. However I’m surprised reading this article that there’s no criticism section. Many people are happier after spending some time with the horses and most people if they don’t do something to make themselves happy will eventually become depressed or otherwise have some condition that could be diagnosed and for which someone could suggest equine therapy. So I don’t think that people neglecting themselves and then going to a doctor who says “once you get your COVID vaccine I’m prescribing you an equine at your Obamacare insurance’s expense” is really all that good. Work can heal traumas too, but we don’t have “work therapy.”
There’s other people who have made the same observation so I think that this opinion should be listed on this page amongst the criticisms of such “therapies.” 65.207.199.90 (talk) 22:29, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
We can't use Wikipedia articles to promote stuff guys and gals. If you want to make medical claims you need to follow WP:MEDRS. I removed the worst nonsense, but this article is far from perfect. Polygnotus (talk) 05:12, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
You can't imply or pretend Lis Hartel was cured by a horse. Polio is a horrible disease, you shouldn't joke about such things. Polygnotus (talk) 17:35, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
Animal-assisted therapy contained the following text, focusing mainly on the precise definition. Because that is a bit too in depth for an overview article I moved it here for now. Polygnotus (talk) 18:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
A distinction exists between hippotherapy and therapeutic horseback riding. The American Hippotherapy Association defines hippotherapy as a physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy treatment strategy that utilizes equine movement as part of an integrated intervention program to achieve functional outcomes, while the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH) defines therapeutic riding as a riding lesson specially adapted for people with special needs.[1] According to Marty Becker, hippotherapy programs are active "in twenty-four countries and the horse's functions have expanded to therapeutic riding for people with physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and behavioral problems".[1]: 124 Hippotherapy has also been approved by the American Speech and Hearing Association as a treatment method for individuals with speech disorders.[1] In addition, equine assisted psychotherapy uses horses for work with persons who have mental health issues. Equine assisted psychotherapy often does not involve riding.[2][3] Additional information pertaining to equine assisted therapy can be seen with Laira Gold's open clinical study of EAT.[4] Polygnotus (talk) 18:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
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