Effect of warm-up exercise on the activity of horses
2013
Kawashima, S. (Tokyo University of Agriculture (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Human and Animal-Plant Relationships) | Ogawa, S. | Uchiyama, H.
Horse therapy for the purpose of physical effect and psychological effect was tested as one means of animal assisted therapy. The horse which is used for horse therapy needs to have the ability to stay calm with unexpected stimulation and not to take a rebellious attitude toward the trainer. There is a tendency for the number of times and the grade to decrease intentionally in an up-and-down and leveling movement of a head, and for the motion of the stop to be regarded as resistance in the horse and for the head to decrease the number of times of a stop by performing a warm-up exercise before therapy activity. It became clear that reaction to unexpected stimulation and rebellious attitude decreased after performing a warm-up exercise before the activity of horse therapy. An appropriate warm-up exercise assumes that preventing accidents for the horse is important for the safe activity of horse therapy.
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