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Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Gait Performance, Respiratory Function, and Psychological Variables in Patients Post-Stroke. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Background: Animal-assisted therapy using dogs is being administered to patients post-stroke for the purpose of recovering psychological and physical activity.
An HJ, Park SJ.
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Mainstreaming Animal-Assisted Therapy [PDF]
ILAR Journal, 2010 The term animal-assisted therapy (AAT) commonly refers to the presentation of an animal to one or more persons for the purpose of providing a beneficial impact on human health or well-being. AAT is an ideal example of "One Health" because of numerous studies and widespread testimonials indicating that many humans feel better in the presence of pets and
Lori S, Palley +2 more
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A Reflection on the Current Status of Animal-Assisted Therapy in India [PDF]
Human Arenas, 2021 The field of animal-assisted therapy is advancing quickly throughout the world gaining popularity as a complementary therapy. Several countries, especially in the East, are still in their nascent phase in utilizing animal-assisted therapy and a more ...
Narvekar H.
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Recognizing and Mitigating Canine Stress during Animal Assisted Interventions
Veterinary Sciences, 2021 Animal-assisted Interventions (AAI) proliferated rapidly since clinicians and researchers first noted the positive effects animals have on people struggling with physical and mental health concerns.
Lisa Townsend, Nancy R. Gee
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Effectiveness of animal-assisted therapy on pain in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Int J Nurs Sci, 2021 Aims Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) relieves pain by creating a relaxed and comfortable environment to reduce anxiety in children. Yet little is known about its effects on pain in children.
Zhang Y, Yan F, Li S, Wang Y, Ma Y.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 Background: There is empirical evidence that the presence of a companion animal can have a positive impact on performance. The available evidence can be viewed in terms of differing hypotheses that attempt to explain the mechanisms behind the positive ...
Rainer eWohlfarth +5 more
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Organization of animal-assisted therapy: From voluntary activities to work of professionals [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2020 Humankind has always known about the usefulness in integration of animals for the achievement of such routine goals as hunting, household and territory protection, transportation, scouting foreign territories and materials, and overcoming physical ...
Lotko Marika
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The Efficiency of Animal-Assisted Therapy in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Psychotherapeutic Cases
Консультативная психология и психотерапия, 2019 We discuss a rather new approach for the Russian psychotherapeutic practice — animal-assisted therapy. Russian scientific and psychotherapeutic literature lacks scientific studies that comprehensively consider the effectiveness of animal-assisted therapy
Nikolskaya A.V., Kostrigin A.A.
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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2023 Background Many systematic reviews identify support animals or animal assisted activity as a beneficial and standard practice in several medical disciplines for patients (children, adolescents, and adults) and residents in care homes.
Thomas C. Erren +4 more
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Phenomena Journal, 2022 Equine-assisted psychotherapy is a promising new psychotherapeutic intervention designed to treat a variety of mild to moderate mental health conditions, however it appears to lack a strong psychological framework underpinning the methodology.
1 Roberta Caiazza, 1Toby King, 2 Melissa Davis, 2 Eva Lee, 2 Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon
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