Animal therapy as a promising direction of human rehabilitation treatment
Journal: Scientific Messenger of LNU of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies
Year: 2019

Animals therapy is one of the types of therapy, which includes the use of animals as a means of treatment. The purpose of such therapy is to improve the patient's social, emotional, or cognitive functions. It is distinguished directed animal therapy (the use of specially trained animals for developed therapeutic programs) and non-directional (interaction with animals at home). Animal therapy methods, in contrast to other rehab techniques, allow not only to reduce muscle tone, increase the volume