Keywords:
Equestrian; Autism; Physical and mental health
马术;孤独症;身心健康
Abstract:
In order to explore the impact of equestrian on the physical and mental health of autistic children, two children with mild or moderate autism were selected from a public special school in Wuhan for 12 weeks (divided into 3 stages), twice a week for 45-60 minutes. The study used a single-subject experimental design to measure and evaluate the subject physical function and behavioral mental scales both before the intervention and at each session. After 12 weeks of equestrian intervention training, the two subjects showed the following positive effects:improved cardiopulmonary function, physical coordination, balance ability, flexibility, and postural control, emotional stability, enhanced self-care ability, and improved social communication and cognitive ability.
为了探究马术对孤独症儿童身心健康的影响,在武汉市某公立特殊学校选取了2名轻中度孤独症儿童,对其进行为期12周(分为3个阶段),每周2次,每次45~60分钟的马术干预训练。研究采用单被试实验设计,在干预前和每个阶段均对受试者身体机能和行为心理量表进行测量评估。经过12周的马术干预训练,2名受试者出现了以下积极效果:提高了心肺功能,身体协调性、平衡能力、柔韧以及姿势控制等有进步,情绪变得稳定,生活自理能力增强,社会交往与认知能力也有一定改善。