Een aantal interessante onderzoeken naar de effectiviteit van equitherapie (in het buitenland ook wel hippotherapie genoemd) op het gebied van:
Cerebrale Parese: The benefit of hippotherapy for improvement of attention and memory in children with cerebral palsy: A pilot study. Eva Krejčí1, Miroslav Janura, Zdeněk Svoboda. Acta Gymnica 2015, 45(1): 27-32. DOI: 10.5507/ag.2015.004
Therapist-Designed Adaptive Riding in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Results of a Feasibility Study. Mattana Angsupaisal, Baudina Visser, Anne Alkema, Marja Meinsma-van der Tuin, Carel G.B. Maathuis, Heleen Reinders-Messelink, Mijna Hadders-Algra. Physical Therapy 2015, 95 (8): 1151–1162. DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20140146
Rett syndroom: Rett Syndrome: Hippotherapy intervention. M.R. Elaime & L. Meir in J. Merrick & M. Lotan (2011, eds.). Rett Syndrome: Therapeutic interventions (pp. 247-278). Hauppauge, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers.
Autisme: Effectiveness of a Standardized Equine-Assisted Therapy Program for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Marta Borgi, Dafne Loliva, Stefania Cerino, Flavia Chiarotti, Aldina Venerosi, Maria Bramini, Enrico Nonnis, Marco Marcelli, et al. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2015, 45(8): 2283-2650. DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2530-6
Storingen in het bewegingsapparaat zoals Spina Bifida en CP: A Review of Efficacy of Hippotherapy for the
Treatment of Musculoskeletal Disorders. Antonios G. Angoules, Dionysios Koukoulas, Konstantinos Balakatounis,
Irene Kapari and Eleni Matsouki. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research 2015 8(4): 289-297
Dwarslaesie: The short-term effect of hippotherapy on spasticity in patients with spinal cord injury. H.E. Lechner, S. Feldhaus, L. Gudmundsen, D. Hegemann, D. Michel, G.A. Zäch, H. Knecht. Spinal Cord 2003, Sep 41(9):502-5. DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101492