P-3-11-04
TREADMILL WALKING IN WATER AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS
Masahiro Abo (Tokyo Metropolitan Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan)
Kyozo Yonemoto, Satoshi Miyano (Dept. of Rehab. Medicine, The Jikei Univ. school of Med, Tokyo, Japan)
It is difficult to obtain the optimal effect of walking in water. The purpose of this study was to investigate the intensity of treadmill walking in water and out of water.
Treadmill walking in water at 38℃ greater trochanter and xiphosternal juncture depths were compared to dry treadmill walking in 10 healthy males.
The treadmill walking speed in water were 20m/min, 30m/min, 40m/min and 50m/min, and the treadmill walking speed without water were 30m/min, 40m/min, 50m/min and 60m/min and walking was conducted for 5 minutes at each speed. We evaluated oxygen consumption and heart rate in three different depths.
Oxygen consumption of 30m/min in xiphosternal juncture depth, 40m/min speed in greater trochanter depth and 50m/min speed without wshowed the same tendency.
P-3-11-05
POOL EXERCISES FOR KNEE OSTEOARTHROSIS
N. Kesiktas, G. Demirel, D. Bicki, H. Yilmaz, Istanbul Physical Medicine & Rehab. Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
Purpose: For evaluation of the efficacy of hydrotherapy on knee osteoarthrosis, this water program was performed.
Methods: 29 patients who met the clinical criteria of ARA for knee osteoarthritis were included in this study. We divided randomized two groups. First group, had taken physical therapy (20 days) and land exercises program, second group had taken pool execises program (20 days) & physical therapy (20 days) and land exercises program. 500mg of acetaminophen was given to the all patients. For evaluation of all patients, VAS, goniometric measurements and Lequesne's knee severity index were used, in the first day of the therapy, end of the therapy and 3 months later after therapy.
Results: There was no difference before therapy and end of the therapy between two groups (p 0.05). All patients improved clinically, (p 0.01). 3 months later, hydrotherapy pool exercises group was better condition according to Lequesne's knee severity index and VAS (p 0.05).
Conclusion: Exercises are so important for knee osteoarthritis. Water is a good condition because of bouyancy, resistance and thermal effects.
