Expert opinion considers the referral of people with osteoarthritis (OA) for physiotherapy to be a core component of managing the functional disability and pain of the disease. Clinical guidelines for the physiotherapy management of people with OA focus on three main areas: exercise, pain relief, and specific manual therapy techniques. Land-based group and individual physiotherapy exercise prog...

Purpose: The current study investigated the effect of an aquatic training program on balance in women with low back pain.  Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test and control group design. The study population included all patients with low back pain who referred to orthopedics s offices. In total, 30 women suffering from back pain were purposefully and volun...

Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of serious physical disability in childhood. Inadequate physical fitness is one of the major problems in children with cerebral palsy. Various aquatic activities and exercises can improve fitness levels in children with cerebral palsy. The aim of this paper is the analysis of the studies published from 1990 to 2011, which investigate the effects of aquati...

effect of 12-week aquatic trainning on the quality of life in women with multiple sclerosis     shanazari z [1] *, marandi sm [2] , mehrabi ha [3]     received: 12 oct , 2013 accepted: 28 dec , 2013     abstract   background & aims: multiple sclerosis is a chronic and debilitating nervous system in which the myelin of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) is destroyed. the disease ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a community-based aquatic exercise program on physical performance among adults with mild to moderate intellectual disability (ID). Twenty-two community-dwelling adults with mild to moderate ID volunteered to participate in this study. Participants completed an 8-week aquatic exercise program (2 days/wk, 1 hr/session). Measures of physi...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of therapeutic aquatic exercise in the treatment of low back pain. DESIGN A systematic review. METHODS A search was performed of PEDro, CINAHL (ovid), PUBMED, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and SPORTDiscus databases to identify relevant studies published between 1990 and 2007. POPULATION Adults suffering from low back pain. INTERVENTION All ty...

BACKGROUND Aging compromises the ability of the central nervous system to maintain body balance and reduces the capacity for adaptive reactions. To prevent falls, the reception conditions for sensory information need to be improved. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of a structured aquatic and a non-aquatic exercise program for lower-limb muscle endurance on the static and dynamic balance of ...

Water-based exercises are recommended for people with osteoarthritis (OA), due to the beneficial effects on physical function, quality of life and symptom reduction. However, the effects on muscle strength are still controversial. The aim of this review was to assess and compare the effects of Aquatic Exercise Programs on muscle strength and physical function in people with OA. A systematic sea...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the usefulness of aquatic walking exercise using a walker for chronic stroke patients. We also examined the psychological effects on the study subject and the primary caregiver before and after aquatic walking exercise. [Subject and Methods] The subject was a 60-year-old male with bilateral paralysis after a cerebrovascular accident. The Fugl-Meyer...