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KMID : 1211620110060010039
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Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
2011 Volume.6 No. 1 p.39 ~ p.49
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Effectiveness of Inflammation Release through the Four Weeks Aquatic Exercise with Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
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Lee Si-Kyoung
Park Soo-Jin
Song Ju-Min
Kim Jin-Sang
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Abstract
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Purpose:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of pain release through the four weeks aquatic exercise among the female subjects aged above 50 and who suffered from arthritis.
Methods:The assessment was validated by blood analysis which measured the fluctuations of Erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR), C-reactive protein(CRP) and Rheumatoid factor(RF). Among the 50 subjects of this experiment, the control group has only taken a regular treatment from the clinic and the other experimental group has done aquatic exercise. The experimental group has practiced the aquatic exercise 50 minutes a day for one month excluding the weekends.
Results:Blood analysis revealed that ESR was decreased in both the control group and the experimental group and the major effect of CRP was diminished only in the experimental group. No significance of RF was found in both the control group and the experimental group.
Conclusion:These results indicate that the aquatic exercise is an effective treatment for arthritis that is compatible with the similar results from the previous studies. In line with this, the aquatic exercise program can provide an effective treatment and control of the disease with the arthritis patient. Accordingly, the regular basis aquatic exercise proved to be quite satisfactory treatment in this regard and we contend that it is vital for the arthritis patients.
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KEYWORD
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Rhumatoid arthritis, Aquatic exercise, ESR, CRP, RF
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