Impact of riding and swimming to the motoric development of a child with cerebral palsy

Diplomsko delo z naslovom Vpliv plavanja in jahanja na gibalni razvoj otroka s cerebralno paralizo je sestavljen iz dveh delov, in sicer teoretičnega in empiričnega dela. V teoretičnem delu so predstavljeni gibalni razvoj otroka in cerebralna paraliza ter terapiji, ki pripomoreta k izboljšanju gibalnega razvoja otroka s cerebralno paralizo – terapija s pomočjo plavanja (Halliwick metoda) in terapija s pomočjo jahanja (hipoterapija). Namen diplomskega dela je torej podrobneje predstaviti cerebralno paralizo in vpliv jahanja ter plavanja na gibalni razvoj otroka s cerebralno paralizo. V empiričnem delu so prikazani rezultati zbrani s pomočjo nestandardiziranega intervjuja. Uporabili smo neslučajnostni vzorec iz konkretne populacije. Vključili smo pet staršev otrok s cerebralno paralizo, ki obiskujejo terapevtsko metodo s pomočjo jahanja, in pet staršev otrok s cerebralno paralizo, ki obiskujejo terapevtsko metodo s pomočjo plavanja. Rezultati raziskave so naslednji: pri gibalnem razvoju otroka s cerebralno paralizo sta v smislu vpliva na gibalni razvoj terapevtska metoda s pomočjo plavanja in terapevtska metoda s pomočjo jahanja dobri, kajti pri jahanju se določen sklop mišic okrepi in s tem otrok pridobiva na ravnotežju, pri plavanju pa se določen sklop zakrčenih mišic sprošča, zato lahko otrok izvaja pravilne gibe.The thesis entitled The Impact of Swimming and Riding on the Motor Development of a Child with Cerebral Palsy is composed of two parts, namely theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part presents the motor development of the child and cerebral palsy, as well as the therapy that contributes to improving the motor development of a child with cerebral palsy - therapy through swimming (Halliwick method) and therapy through riding (hippotherapy). The aim of the thesis is therefore to introduce cerebral palsy and the influence of riding and swimming for the motor development of a child with cerebral palsy more detailed. The empirical part presents the results collected with the help of non-standardized interviews. We used a nonarbitrary sample of the precise population. We included five parents of children with cerebral palsy attending a therapeutic method using riding, and five parents of children with cerebral palsy who attended a therapeutic method using swimming. The research results are as follows: the motor development of a child with cerebral palsy are in terms of their effects on the motor development good, regarding the therapeutic method using swimming, as well as the therapeutic method using riding, because when riding, a certain set of muscles strengthens and the child obtains balance, when swimming however, a certain set of tensed muscles relaxes, so the child can carry out correct movements