Clinical trial · Interventional
Horse Assisted Rehabilitation Postoncologic Treatment in Children and Adolescents: Physical and Psychological Effects
Rehabilitació Assistida Amb Cavalls Posttractament oncològic en Nens i Adolescents: Efectes físics i psicològics
NCT04070131CI-TRIAL-00057300unknownN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Clinical trial on the physical and psychological effects of Horse Assisted Rehabilitation after the treatment of cancer in children 4 to 18 years of age.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Child Behavior | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Child, Only | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neurologic Complication | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neurologic Gait Disorder | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse-Assisted Rehabilitation | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group
- description
- Regular follow ups.
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention Group
- description
- One weekly session (1 hour) of Horse-Assisted Rehabilitation, 24 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Other: Horse-Assisted Rehabilitation
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Self-Reported Quality Of Life Changes
- timeFrame
- Baseline and 25th week
- description
- Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory - Child-Self Report (PedsQL-C) (PedsQL is a model for measuring quality of life in children with acute or chronic pathology; The PedsQL questionnaire is composed of 23 items comprising 4 dimensions; items are reversed scored and linearly transformed to a 0-100 scale; in order to get a total score we must sum all the items scores over the number of items answered on all the Scales; total score 0-100, higher=better).
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 4 Years
- Maximum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Children between 4 and 18 years of age, who had suffered a cancer with affectation of the Central Nervous System * With or without motor, functional and / or cognitive deficits or neurological disorders due to their basic problem or be as a consequence of the therapeutic procedures, with any degree of disability * More than 6 months after receiving the discharge of oncology (chemotherapy or radiotherapy) Exclusion Criteria: * Immunodepression * Hypotonia with severe pelvic instability that does not allow seating on the horse safely * Weight greater than 80Kg. * Phobia to horses
References
Publications (56)
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