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The Effect of Balance Exercises in the Elderly Women by Rolling Boards in Sitting Position
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بهروز کاظمی   , سیدمصطفی جزایری , اردشیر اعتمادی |
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Abstract: (5344 Views) |
| Introduction & Objective: Falls and related injuries in the
elderly persons is a problematic subject from different views in
the world. Some fall risk factors including impaired balance,
abnormal gait and muscle weakness respond favorably to
exercise. In the review of literatures, all exercises, have been
performed in standing position. The main purpose of this
study was to evaluate the sitting balance exercises with
inexpensive and simple instruments, such as board and ball in
the elderly.
Material & Methods: Through inclusion and exclusion
criteria seventeen volunteer females were selected and one of
participants was dropped out due to ankle injury at home.
They participated in twenty consecutive days at exercise
(each session, 16 minutes) in Kholdebarin center. Balance
exercise was performed in sitting position in three different
motions by rolling boards on a ball by both feet or each foot
alone.Intervention efficacy was assessed by ABC (Activities-
Specific Balance Confidence Scale), LSLS (Timed Left Single
leg Stance), RSLS (Timed Right Single leg stance), SR
(Sharpened Romberg) and 6WS (Six Meter Walking Speed
time) scale tests before and after intervention.
Results: The participant’s mean age and MMSE were 65 ±
4.7 and 23.4 ± 1 respectively. All the test results revealed
significant improvement after exercise. Results of this study
showed that this exercise protocol is effective (p <0.05) in
improving the elderly balance and the use of team approach is
useful to maintain the attendance.
Conclusion: Foot & feet exercise on rolling boards in sitting
position improved balance in the elderly ladies in a short
period of time. |
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| Keywords: Elderly balance exercise, Sitting position, Rolling boards |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2015/06/13 | Accepted: 2015/06/13 | Published: 2015/06/13
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