Psychological aspects of hippotherapy for children with severe neurological impairment: An exploratory study

• Karin Hediger ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: karin.hediger@unilu.ch

  Affiliations Faculty of Behavioural Sciences and Psychology, University of Lucerne, Luzern, Switzerland, REHAB Basel, Clinic for Neurorehabilitation and Paraplegiology, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland, Research Institute for Rehabilitation, Transition, and Palliation, Paracelsus Medicine University, Salzburg, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7202-4816

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• Marina Lunzenfichter,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Psychology and Animal-Assisted Interventions, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Eva Markzoll,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Psychology and Animal-Assisted Interventions, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Wanda Arnskötter,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Psychology and Animal-Assisted Interventions, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Martina Schaudek,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Specialist Center for Pediatric Neurology, Neurorehabilitation, and Epileptology, Schön Klinik, Vogtareuth, Germany

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• Gerhard Kluger

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Institute for Rehabilitation, Transition, and Palliation, Paracelsus Medicine University, Salzburg, Austria, Specialist Center for Pediatric Neurology, Neurorehabilitation, and Epileptology, Schön Klinik, Vogtareuth, Germany

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