TERAPIA ASSISTIDA POR ANIMAIS: CINOTERAPIA

Cinoterapia is a type of alternative therapy, which is used dogs as therapeutic coadjovantes to improve mental and motor of various pathologies such as paralysis from trauma, infantile paralysis, various syndromes, with a few minutes of weekly visits to a synergy happens between patient and animal through the affection of love, there are significant improvements, representatively lowering medication use. The investigation of the benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy are important because before the medical community validate the need for its implementation as an alternative therapy. Aiming to evaluate the acceptance of animal-assisted therapy in Teresópolis, TJ research was conducted with 50 patients from physiotherapy clinics. There was 100% acceptance of the application of assisted therapy.