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Editorial “At the Frontiers of Neurorehabilitation, Series II”

We are pleased to announce the publication of the editorial for the special issue of Brain Sciences “At the Frontiers of Neurorehabilitation, Series II” titled “Advancing Neurorehabilitation Through Patient-Centered Undogmatic Innovative Approaches”, for which we served as Guest Editors. This issue highlights groundbreaking interdisciplinary contributions opened to innovation, and free from traditional dogmas. These approaches push the boundaries of neurological rehabilitation and emphasize patient-centered care. We invite the scientific community to explore these works, which are redefining current paradigms in neurorehabilitative care.

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New scientific publication !

The recent study published in the BMJ highlights the promising impact of hippotherapy in managing hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS). This connective tissue disorder, characterized by chronic pain, joint subluxations, and persistent fatigue, significantly affects patients’ quality of life. Through a months-long hippotherapy program, a 16-year-old patient demonstrated significant improvements, including better pain management, reduced fatigue, and a return to walking. This innovative treatment offers new opportunities to enhance the physical and emotional well-being of hEDS patients while reducing reliance on medication.

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Happy New Year from all of us !

Grant from HHRF

Equiphoria received a grant from the American Horses & Humans Research Foundation for its research project on people with stroke. We are encouraged and very appreciative that our research is recognized internationally. This validates the work we do to raise awareness of the benefits of hippotherapy around the world through our scientific publications.

Publication in “Cancers”!

Breast Cancer: How Hippotherapy Bridges the Gap between Healing and Recovery—A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Breast cancer is the most diagnosed women’s cancer, and has a high survival rate nowadays. Because cancer is a systemic disease characterized by a variable course, heterogeneity and unequal environmental inputs, disparities in the person’s future are the norm. Despite enor- mous progress in the early accurate detection of breast cancer, and its treatments becoming more effective/precise, life reconstruction is well beyond the current care path. It requires comprehensive cross-sectoral approaches between different knowledge areas, and deeper consideration of the chal- lenges the patients have to deal with. The psychological and social sciences must be integrated with the physiological sciences to build a robust patient-centered healthcare practice. We demonstrate, through this clinical trial, the therapeutic relevance of hippotherapy, a one-health approach, as a key initial stage after cancer diagnosis and treatment to foster recovery. Furthermore, hippotherapy has a strong impact on cancer treatments’ efficiency and reconstruction of the individuals’ shattered life and their ecosystem. This work reveals a layer of complexity that needs to be broadly considered.

Read the publication: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/4/1317

Best wishes for 2023!

All of us at Equiphoria wish you the best for 2023

Two new scientific publications from the Equiphoria Neuroscience Laboratory!

The first concerns the protocol of the clinical trial for the care of the person who has suffered a stroke and their close caregiver. This protocol is in partnership with Boehringer Ingenheim and the Center hospitalier Sud Francilien.

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Read the post in Brain Sciences: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/5/619

The second is an exhaustive review of the scientific literature concerning neurological rehabilitation.

In 2022, neurological rehabilitation celebrates its 55th anniversary. Equiphoria provides an overview of current approaches and invites professionals to a transversal exploration to achieve the ultimate goal of rehabilitation: to support the patient for a limited period of time and help him find his place in his environment so that he can flourish there with as much autonomy as possible.

To achieve this, Equiphoria’s advocacy encourages professionals to gradually integrate the psychological and social dimensions of the patient into their medical and scientific approach. Consider the patient as a whole person and thus offer him a personalized, tailor-made protocol, which takes into account what motivates him deeply.

This is the whole philosophy of care offered by Equiphoria for 10 years.

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Read the review in Brain Sciences: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/8/982

Publication in Life, an international scientific journal

Equiphoria, Clinical and Integrative Neuroscience Research Department:

Equiphoria was invited to participate in the Special Issue “Brain function, dysfunction and post-injury reorganization, two decades of research” of the international scientific peer-reviewed journal Life, a subject which is one of our main research topics at the institute.

Find our article “Functional weight of somatic and cognitive networks and asymmetry of compensatory mechanisms: collaboration or divergency among hemispheres after cerebrovascular accident?” here

Boehringer Ingelheim and Equiphoria partnering for research

Through a One Health approach, Boehringer Ingelheim France is partnering with Equiphoria in an unique 4-year therapeutic trial to study the benefits of hippotherapy (functional rehabilitation of the patient through horse movement) in stroke patients.

The second objective of this study will be to analyze the impact of the program on the quality of life of close caregivers, integrated into this care.

The study will begin in the spring of 2021 with nearly sixty patients.