The effect of Water Exercise on Postural Control in Patients with Muscle Dystrophy

摘要

One of the problems of patients with muscular dystrophy decreases physical performance because of muscle weakness. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of an eight-week particular swimming exercise on postural control in patients with masculine dystrophy. A quasi-experimental method was used in this study. Eleven patients with muscular dystrophy were selected through purposive sampling and were randomly divided into two groups randomly including selective swimming exercises (n=6) and control group (n=5). The study was conducted under the supervision of researcher for eight weeks, three sessions per week and the time allocated was between 60-45 minutes. Moreover, a t–test was used for statistical analysis and the significance level was set at p<.05.A significant decrease (p <.05) was observed in the anterior-posterior and lateral-internal displacement in the practice group. However, no significant difference was observed in the control group (p < .05). Comparison of changes made during eight weeks (between pre-test and post-test) a significant difference was observed between the two particularly intervention corrective swimming exercises and control groups (p<.05).According to the obtained findings in this research, particular swimming exercises play a positive role in maintaining postural control and improving counterbalance in patients with muscular dystrophy.