Background Despite debate regarding their effectiveness, many different post-exercise recovery strategies are used by athletes. This study compared five post-exercise recovery strategies (cold water immersion, contrast water immersion, active recovery, a combined cold water immersion and active recovery and a control condition) to determine which is most effective for subsequent short-term perf...

everybody knows water as a vital material for human being. using water as a relaxation material which cause muscle smoothing and comfortable have been considered from long before. people of past centuries went to the thermal springs and immersed into them. today groups of people go to seaside for swimming in their vacation. children and adults go to pools for swimming or take a warm shower afte...

background and purpose: floating on water provides the opportunity for the elderly to exercise and take positions that may not be possible for them on the ground. the aim of this study was to explore the experiences of elderly women regarding barriers to hydrotherapy and how they can be ruled out. methods: this qualitative study was performed using content analysis method in guilan, north of ir...

The number of elderly people in Indonesia continues to increase every year. high rate the is a concern for all people, because tend be vulnerable various kinds diseases. Osteoarthritis most common disease world with prevalence 15.5% men and 12.7% women Central Java. Handling that can given osteoarthritis by providing kinesio taping hydrotherapy exercises. Purpose: purpose this literature review...

INTRODUCTION Fibromyalgia affects 8% of the population over the age of 40 years, and 75% of the patients with fibromyalgia have poor sleep quality. OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of hydrotherapy on the physical function and sleep quality of patients with fibromyalgia. METHODS Patients were under clinical care at the UNASP Outpatient Clinic. This study assessed 60 female patients with fibro...

We added hydrotherapy to 50 patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who were being treated with individual conventional physiotherapy. Hydrotherapy performed at an approximate temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, twice a week, for thirty minutes in children and forty-five minutes in adults during a 2-year period. The outcome derived from this combined modality of treatment was rated according...

Heart failure is considered to be the last stage of heart disease and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is characterized by the persistent activation of the neurohormonal system, endothelial dysfunction, exercise intolerance, high mortality and a poor quality of life. Exercise training has been strongly recommended as a safe and important tool for the non-pharmacologi...