Effect of Animal Assisted Interventions on Inmates: A Systematic Review
This study aims to examine animal-assisted interventions used in penitentiary institutions and to examine the effects of these interventions on prisoners.
Zehra Su Topbaş, Nuray Şimşek
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Inside the Interaction: Contact With Familiar Humans Modulates Heart Rate Variability in Horses
A human–animal relationship can be developed through subsequent interactions, affected by the positive or negative emotional valence of the proceeding one.
Chiara Scopa +10 more
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Animal-assisted interventions: making better use of the human-animal bond [PDF]
In the third of Veterinary Record’s series of articles promoting One Health, Daniel Mills and Sophie Hall discuss the therapeutic effects of companion animals, the influence of pets on childhood development and how researchers are elucidating the true ...
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION +55 more
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French handlers’ perspectives on Animal-Assisted Interventions
Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) are well implemented in human healthcare, in France as elsewhere; yet there are still difficulties in characterizing these practices and misconceptions about their mechanisms - little is known about the French practice of AAI and about the human-animal team.This study aims to characterize AAI by exploring their ...
Mignot, Alice +3 more
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Development of Desirable Behaviors in Dog-Assisted Interventions
Dog-assisted interventions (DAI) are those that include specially trained dogs in human health services. Often, the training methods employed to train animals for DAI are transmitted between trainers, so the latest scientific research on dog learning and
Félix Acebes +3 more
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Animal-assisted interventions in the classroom: a systematic review [PDF]
The inclusion of animals in educational practice is becoming increasingly popular, but it is unclear how solid the evidence for this type of intervention is.
Brelsford, Victoria +3 more
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Animal-assisted interventions and quality of life: expectations among Spanish University students [PDF]
El presente estudio evalúa las expectativas mantenidas por estudiantes universitarios (N= 474; X= 22,7 años; DT= 5,6 años) hacia las ventajas que las intervenciones asistidas por animales proporcionan para mejorar la calidad de vida en distintos ...
López-Cepero Borrego, Javier +3 more
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Equine Assisted Interventions (EAIs): Methodological Considerations for Stress Assessment in Horses
Equine assisted interventions (EAIs) are recently facing an increasing popularity, and are characterized by a wide diversity of practices. However, information on the welfare of animals involved in this kind of activity is often lacking.
Marta De Santis +11 more
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A systematic review of criteria used to report complications in soft tissue and oncologic surgical clinical research studies in dogs and cats. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo evaluate reporting of surgical complications and other adverse events in clinical research articles describing soft tissue and oncologic surgery in dogs and cats.Study designSystematic literature review.SampleEnglish-language articles ...
Balsa, Ingrid M +7 more
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NOViSE: a virtual natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery simulator [PDF]
Purpose: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is a novel technique in minimally invasive surgery whereby a flexible endoscope is inserted via a natural orifice to gain access to the abdominal cavity, leaving no external scars.
Barrow, A +4 more
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