Effects of a hippotherapy intervention on muscle spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of a 12 weeks hippotherapy intervention protocol on hip adductors spasticity in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Settings/location: The intervention was conducted in an Equestrian and Therapeutic Association.

A home-based treadmill training reduced epicardial and abdominal fat in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome.

Introduction: The current study was designed to determine the effect of home-based treadmill training on epicardial and abdominal adipose tissue in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome (MS). A secondary objective was to identify significant correlations between imaging and conventional anthropometric parameters.

Material And Methods: Sixty postmenopausal women with MS volunteered for the current trial.