Equine-Assisted Physiotherapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This prospective interventional study evaluates the immediate and sustained effects of intensive equine-assisted physiotherapy in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The study compares an intensive equine-assisted physiotherapy program (NEUROEQUIP-SMA) with an individualized physiotherapy program based on SMA standard of care and neuroproprioceptive facilitation and inhibition principles (SMA-SOC-N). Both interventions are delivered as intensive 6-day rehabilitation programs. Outcomes include motor function, postural control, respiratory function, movement quality assessed by three-dimensional motion analysis, neuromuscular activity, quality of life, and selected molecular biomarkers. The study also evaluates the safety and tolerability of intensive rehabilitation in children with SMA.

What you commit to

• Study type: Interventional
• Participants enrolled: 21
• From 22 Apr 2022 to the primary completion date, 25 Sept 2024
• 1 site in 1 country
• Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who the study is looking for

Age in the registry: 1 year to 10 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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Sites (1)

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