title: Non conventional psychiatric rehabilitation in schizophrenia using therapeutic riding: the FISE multicentre Pindar project.
abstract: The FISE (Federazione Italiana Sport Equestri) Pindar is a multicentre research project aimed at testing the potential effects of therapeutic riding on schizophrenic patients. Twenty-four subjects with a diagnosis of schizophrenia were enrolled for a 1 year-treatment involving therapeutic riding sessions. All subjects were tested at the beginning and at the end of treatment with a series of validated test batteries (BPRS and 8 items-PANSS). The results discussed in this paper point out an improvement in negative symptoms, a constant disease remission in both early onset and chronic disease subjects, as well as a reduced rate of hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Riabilitazione Equestre, Federazione Italiana Sport Equestri, Viale Tiziano 74, Rome, Italy. s.cerino@alice.it
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cerino
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cirulli
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiarotti
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seripa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D056147:Equine-Assisted Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D055815:Young Adult