Researchers build advanced mechanical horse for therapy

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 23:00 in Health & Medicine

While hippotherapy works to improve the quality of life for children and adults with physical and mental impairments through riding a horse, just getting some patients onto the horse can be a major obstacle. But now, Baylor University researchers have built a custom mechanical horse to help those with physical and mental impairments get the same benefit from hippotherapy without having to actually get on to a horse...

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