Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 106-107
Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects
Results
Distribution of the sample:
Origin: 61% Spanish, 39% international (Madrid 31% C.Valenciana 27%)
Mean age: 9.6 years
Diagnosis: Autism spectrum disorders: 27.2%,19% psychomotor retardation,
cerebral palsy 11.6%, Sd.Down to 8.8%.
Experience in previous zootherapy: 62% (Horses, dogs, sea lion)
Systolic blood pressure: 113.2 mmHg systolic blood pressure to 101.5mmHg
Diastolic blood pressure: 78.3mmHg diastolic blood pressure to 70.3 mmHg
Heart rate: 100.56 bpm heart rate to 84 bpm
Respiratory rate: 17.9 rpm Respiration to 15.9 rpm
Anxiety: 5.64 to 2.16
Mood: 7.08 to 8.9
Calculation:16.86 seconds to14.44 sec
Recognition: 17.75 sec to 14.7 sec
Conclusions
Thalassotherapy and dolphintherapy treatment in children with physical and
psyclogical symptoms has possitive benefits in terms of blood pressure, heart and
respiratory rate, anxiety, mood, calculation and recognition.
Hypotony and hyperreflexia had improved, also: Communication. Motivation
attention and concentration. Self-steem. Motricity. Balance and Relaxation.
100% experienced improvement in sintomathology and 2% reduced the number
of drugs.
Keywords: Thalassotherapy, Dolphintherapy, Down Syndrom, Animal Assisted
Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Psychomotor Retardation, Cerebral
Palsy, Zootherapy
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