Effects of Under-water Therapeutic Exercise on Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Akamine Takuya

  National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, College of Physical Education, Kagoshima, Japan

• Taguchi Nobutaka

  National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, College of Physical Education, Kagoshima, Japan

• Tanaka Takao

  National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, College of Physical Education, Kagoshima, Japan

• Takada Dai

  National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, College of Physical Education, Kagoshima, Japan

• Fujii Yasunari

  National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Health Service Center, Kagoshima, Japan

• Taguchi Tomotaka

  National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, College of Physical Education, Kagoshima, Japan

• Shibata Ai

  National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, College of Physical Education, Kagoshima, Japan

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 関節リウマチ症例に対する水中運動療法の効果―上肢筋硬度（柔軟度）測定結果を含めて―
• ―上肢筋硬度(柔軟度)測定結果を含めて―

Abstract

We investigated the effects of therapeutic exercise in water in a temperature-adjusted pool on 21 female patients with rheumatoid arthritis (average 49.6 years, stage 2.2, and class 1.9).<BR>Dorsal muscle power, power around a knee, grasping power, elasticity of the trunk and lower extremities, Lansbury index, and the Japanese Orthopaedic Association's judgment score for rheumatoid arthritic knees improved significantly (p<0.05) after an eight-week course of therapeutic exercise in water (two sessions a week). The results of psychological test showed that their mental conditions had significantly improved (p<0.01) by therapeutic exercise in water. Additionally, elasticity of M. biceps brachii and M. forearm extensors also increased significantly (p<0.05). No aggravation of inflammatory reactions was observed in serological examinations after the exercise.<BR>We concluded that therapeutic exercise in water is an effective treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Journal

• Orthopedics & Traumatology

  Orthopedics & Traumatology 57 (3), 443-446, 2008

  West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology

Keywords

• rheumatoid arthritis
• therapeutic exercise
• under-water exercise

Details

• CRID: 1390282679916012800
• NII Article ID: 10024299239
• NII Book ID: AN00126582
• DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.57.443
• ISSN: 13494333
• ISSN: 00371033
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2008375285
• Text Lang: ja
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