Effect of Front Crawl Swimming Trainings on the Static Balance of Boys with Visual Impairment
Journal Title: مجله علمی- پژوهشی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی قم - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 6
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Individuals with visual impairments have poorer balance compared to their sighted peers. The present research was carried out with the purpose of investigating the effect of front crawl swimming on the static balance in boys with visual impairments. Methods: The current research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design. Statistical population included 20 boys with visual impairments (aged 9 to 15 years) who were member of Society for the Blind in Arak city. The subjects were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to two equal groups. Flamingo Static Balance Test was used to evaluate static balance. The experimental group was asked to participate in front crawl swimming trainings for10-week (2 days/week). Both groups performed a pretest prior to the training period and performed a posttest 2 days after the end of the training period in the same environment. Shapiro-Wilk, independent t-, and paired t-tests were used for data analysis at the significance level of 0.95% and α≤0/05. Results: No significant difference was seen between experimental and control groups in the pretest of static balance (p>0.05). The paired t-test showed significant difference in the static balance in experimental group (p<0.05); while the static balance scores of the control group showed no significant difference (p>0.05). In the posttest, there was also a significant difference between the scores of the two groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: The result of the present study indicated that front crawl swimming trainings improve the static balance in boys with visual impairment. Thus, it seems that use of these trainings in exercise and rehabilitation programs of these individuals can have many benefits for them.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammad Mohammad, Shahnaz Shahnaz, Ebrahim Ebrahim, Sajjad Sajjad
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP464707
- DOI -
- Views 44
- Downloads 0
Cytotoxicity Effect and Changes in the Expression of Caspase-9 Gene in Breast Cancer Cell Line (MCF-7) Treated with the Extract of Oscillatoria Cyanobacteria
Background and Objectives: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women around the world. Problems, such as treatment failure, drug resistance, heavy costs, other problems associated with the treatment of thi...
Effect of Different Mental Imagery Speeds on the Motor Performance: Investigation of the Role of Mirror Neurons
Background and Objectives: Imagery is a cognitive process playing a vital role in the programming and execution of movements and can be used as a tool for learning motor skills, retraining movements, and also clinical ap...
Investigation of MexAB-OprM Efflux Pump Expression Level in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Patients Hospitalized in Shahid Motahari Hospital in Tehran City using Real-Time PCR method (Iran)
Background and Objectives: Drug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains has become a worldwide problem, and efflux pumps are one of the major resistance mechanisms in this bacterium. The aim of this study was to ide...
Comparison of Two Methods of Direct PCR and PCR with DNA extracted by Kit for Detection of OPrL, ExoA, and algD genes in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Background and Objectives: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most common causes of nosocomial infections. Most laboratories usually use culture method and various biochemical tests for identification of P. aeruginosa,...
ارزیابی سطح تعارض کار - خانواده درک‌شده در کارکنان بیمارستان شهید صدوقی یزد
زمینه و هدف: تعارض کار و خانواده، پیامدهای منفی زیادی همچون غیبت از کار، افزایش جابه‌جایی شغلی و کاهش عملکرد را در پی دارد. ایـن مطالعـه با هدف بررسی و مقایسه میزان تعارض کار -خانواده درک‌شده در بین کارکنان بخش‌های بالی...