BACKGROUND This study was to evaluate the effect of a period of aquatic exercise therapy on muscle strength and joints range of motion in hemophilia patients. METHODS This was a semiexperimental, pretest, post-test study with a control group. This semi-experimental study comprised twenty men suffering moderate hemophilia were selected by convenience sampling method from patients of a referral...

OBJECTIVE To study the effects of an aquatic therapy program with different frequencies (2 vs 3 days per week) in chronic low back pain. DESIGN [corrected] Non-randomized comparison trial. SETTING Sport and spa community health club. SUBJECTS Fifty-four adults with chronic low back pain (48.9 ± 10.0 years). INTERVENTION Eight-week aquatic therapy program. OUTCOME MEASURES Pain (visual...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of aquatic and land-based physiotherapy in reducing musculoskeletal hip and lower back pain and increasing overall physical capabilities of sickle cell disease patients. METHODS Informed written consent was obtained from all volunteers who were submitted to evaluations using different functional scales: Lequesne's Algofunctional Questionnaire and Oswestry Disab...

Arthritis is the inflammation of any joint in the body, involving continuous symptoms that are highly variable and dependent on the person. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis have been shown to affect a person’s ability to be independent in performing activities of daily living, and aquatic therapy has been shown to decrease pain and improve functional abilities. The purpose of this study ...

INTRODUCTION Many studies have shown that resistance training has a positive effect on bone mineral density (BMD). However, few studies have compared the BMD of individuals undergoing resistance training and those training aquatic weight-bearing exercises. OBJECTIVE To compare, in a cross-sectional study, the BMD of postmenopausal women undergoing resistance training and postmenopausal women ...

background: aquatic insects are very abundant and divers groups of insects that are associated with an aquatic or semiaquatic environment in one or more of their life stages. these insects have been, in some cases, well studied because they are vectors of several diseases. this is the first comprehensive faunistic study of aquatic insects from babol county. the results may provide basic data fo...