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Volume 3, Issue 4 (Suppl)

J Clin Exp Orthop

ISSN:2471-8416

Osteoporosis and Arthroplasty 2017

December 04-05, 2017

International Conference on

Joint Event

OSTEOPOROSIS, ARTHRITIS & MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

December 04-05, 2017 | Madrid, Spain

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTHROPLASTY

J Clin Exp Orthop 2017, 3:4(Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/2471-8416-C1-003

The effect of aquatic therapy on function and mobility using large therapeutic pool – A randomized

controlled pilot trial

Moon-Ju Ko

1,2

, Sun-Mi Kim

, Young-Bum Kim

1,2

and

Jong-Seung Lee

Daegu Hospital, Republic of Korea

Graduate School Keimyung University, Republic of Korea

ater is an excellent medium for achieving maximal exercise levels with disabilities. Aquatic therapy (AT) has advanced to

therapeutic exercises in water environments because of the characteristics and benefits that the water provides. AT using large

pool is effective and popular The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of AT on function and mobility in patients with

disability using large therapeutic pool. The outcome measures are Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Modified Barthel Index (MBI), Time

up and go test (TUG), Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC), 10m walking test (10WT), Twenty patients with various lower

leg fracture were participated in this study. In the AT group (n=10), the treatment over a period of six weeks included 30 minutes

of aquatic therapy twice per week and a conventional therapy three times a week. Subjects in the conventional therapy (CT) group

(n=10) received CT over a period of six weeks five times per week. The size of aquatic pool is 17 meters in length and 9 meters in

width. After intervention, participants had a significant improvement on activity of daily living (ADL), mobility and balance in both

CT and AT groups. Compared with the CT group, the AT group attained significant improvements in TUG, 10WT (P<0.05). There

were no significant changes in other measures between the two groups. Our results suggest that AT using large therapeutic pool is safe

and useful tool during rehabilitation in the patients with fracture to improve ADL, mobility and balance.