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- Title
A comparison between aquatic and land-based physical exercise on postural sway and quality of life in people with Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled pilot study.
- Authors
Shahmohammadi, Reza; Sharifi, Gholam-Reza; Melvin, Jonathan; Sadeghi-Demneh, Ebrahim
- Abstract
Purpose: The objective of this pilot study was to compare the effects of water-based exercise to conventional land-based exercise on postural sway and quality of life in people with Parkinson's disease. Methods: Twenty people (male) with Parkinson's disease were randomly divided into two groups of ten. Both groups carried out an 8-week (three sessions per week) physical exercise protocol. Postural sway and quality-of-life parameters of two groups were measured in pre- and post-intervention sessions. Results: The between-group analyses indicate a greater reduction and thus improvement in the mean velocity of sway ( p = 0.01) and an increase in the quality-of-life scores ( p < 0.001) in the water-based group compared to land based. Conclusions: Water-based exercises were more beneficial than land-based exercises when considering improvements to postural stability and the quality of life of those with Parkinson's disease. The aquatic therapy is a promising intervention in the rehabilitative care of people with Parkinson's disease.
- Subjects
EXERCISE physiology; QUALITY of life; PARKINSON'S disease; COMPARATIVE studies; AQUATIC exercise therapy; RANDOMIZED controlled trials
- Publication
Sport Sciences for Health, 2017, Vol 13, Issue 2, p341
- ISSN
1824-7490
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11332-017-0363-8