Neuroblastoma
Conditions
Keywords
hippotherapy, equitherapy
Brief summary
On average, each year in the former region, 60 new patients under the age of 18 are treated for a brain tumor, with an active post-treatment follow-up file of 350 patients. Because of the significant sequelae induced by the disease or the treatments, these patients will very often require rehabilitative care. The interest of involving the horse in the population of patients cured of a medulloblastoma but with important physical and psychological after-effects is to be able to combine a therapy using animal mediation (equitherapy) and a rehabilitation therapy based on the three-dimensional movement of the horse (hippotherapy).
Interventions
OTHERhorse therapy
equitherapy and hippotherapy once a week during 16 weeks
Sponsors
University Hospital, Toulouse
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to 26 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* complete remission of medulloblastoma and after 5 years of the end of treatment * living within 30 km away the riding center and/or less than 1 hour of transport * informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Landsky score below 50% for minors until 16 years old and Karnofsky score below 50% for patients over 16 years * major under juridical protection
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number of sessions performed | 16 weeks | number of sessions equitherapy and hippotherapy performed |
Countries
France
Contacts
Primary ContactAnne-Isabelle BERTOZZI, MD
Backup ContactFrançoise AURIOL, MD
Outcome results
None listed