A.S.D. AIA SPORT NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION

With its support of AIA Sport non-profit organisation, Marchesini Group aims to contribute to continuation of the activities of the association also in this difficult time. The project for an introduction to horse riding “In sella
alla vita”, addressed to people with acquired motor disabilities in the care of the Bologna health authority Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Bellaria Hospital and the patients at the Montecatone Rehabilitation Hospital,
netted multiple awards and positive appraisals from all the partners involved (both from patients and from the two reference rehabilitation teams) highlighting the enormous significance and positivity of the proposed experience.
In fact, the MS Centre team confirmed the importance that horseback riding has for these individuals, both in terms of rehabilitation, with the associated improvements in balance, core strength, arms coordination and especially mood improvement and increased propensity to open up and socialise. To prove these claims a trial was set up with the University of Bologna to evaluate the benefits that horseback riding can produce, also in terms of improving sleep patterns for MS sufferers.