BACKGROUND In Brazil, concern with the quality of life of pregnant women is one of the points emphasized in the Program for the Humanization of Prenatal Care and Childbirth launched in 2000. However, there are few references in the literature on the role of either land or water-based physical exercise on women's quality of life during pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the eff...

OBJECTIVE To observe the possible differential effects of 8 different semi-occluded vocal tract exercises on glottal contact quotient (CQ) as a measure of vocal fold impact stress. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eighty participants were divided into two groups: an experimental group with hyperfunctional dysphonia and a control group of vocally healthy subjects. The participants were recorded before, du...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of physical activity onmemory and dynamic balance of elder people. subjects (n=15) were selected asvolunteers. the intervention was performed in an eighteen session period, threetimes a week (each session, 45 minutes). yoga training was performed for mentalrelaxation. wexler test was performed for memory evaluation. seat up test wasused to ...

background: knee osteoarthritis (oa) is the most common musculoskeletal disease among old individuals which affects ability for sitting on the chair, standing, walking and climbing stairs. our objective was to investigate the short and long-term effects of the most simple and the least expensive exercise protocols in combination to conventional conservative therapy for knee oa.   methods : it w...

Pöyhönen, Tapani Neuromuscular function during knee exercises in water with special reference to hydrodynamics and therapy Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2002, 77 p. (Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Health, ISSN 0356-1070; 86) ISBN 951-39-1225-6 Yhteenveto Diss. The present series of studies examined neuromuscular function during knee exercise in water and training responses of an...

This experimental study investigated the back pressure (P(back)) versus flow (U) relationship for 10 different tubes commonly used for semi-occluded vocal tract exercises, that is, eight straws of different lengths and diameters, a resonance tube, and a silicone tube similar to a Lax Vox tube. All tubes were assessed with the free end in air. The resonance tube and silicone tube were further as...

conclusions the trunk stabilization exercises are more effective than conventional back care exercises in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic lbp. results the results of the study demonstrated significant improvements in abdominal muscle endurance and reduction in vas and modq score of both groups (p = 0.001). the trunk stabilization exercise group showed greater gains in abdominal musc...