%0 Journal Article %A HONG Qi %A ZHOU Qi-min %A ZHU Yu-xiang %T Research progress on equine-assisted interventions in autism spectrum disorder children %D 2019 %R 10.11852/zgetbjzz2019-0167 %J Chinese Journal of Child Health Care %P 861-863 %V 27 %N 8 %X Equine-assisted interventions(EAI) is an important subdiscipline of animal-assisted intervention(AAI),which is an interdisciplinary field of sports medicine,rehabilitation medicine and psychology. Recently,many clinical studies and reports around the world have shown that EAI facilitates the rehabilitation of multiple psychosomatic diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders,such as promoting neuromotor equilibrium,cognition,sensory integration,emotions and behavior,social communication and so on. This review systematically analyzes development history,clinical mechanism,quality control and effect evaluation of EAI through searching the clinical research literatures about EAI application in autism spectrum disorders,so as to provide a scientific basis for standardization practice and evidence-based research of EAI in China. %U https://manu41.magtech.com.cn/Jwk_zgetbjzz/EN/10.11852/zgetbjzz2019-0167