Background

Balance and maintaining posture are essential requirements for the daily activities of diabetic patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of in-water and on-land aerobic training on balance of type 2 diabetic patients.

Research question

Is there a difference in the balance of patients between aerobic training environments in water and on land?

Methods

For this, 24 participants were assigned randomly in three eight-person groups of control, aerobics on land, and aerobics in water. Patients performed aerobic protocol in 12 weeks (2 sessions per week) and total of twenty-four 60-min training sessions of progressive challenging with one completely identical protocol. Before and after the training period, patients’ postural sway and balance were measured and recorded in three components (anterior-posterior, lateral, and overall) by Biodex balance system. Data were analyzed using the dependent t, multivariate, and Tukey post hoc tests.

Results

The results showed that patients who performed in-water and on-land aerobic training, compared to the control group, had a significant effect on their balance (p ≤ 0.05). Although this significant effect was not observed between in-water and on-land aerobic groups just in the posterior-posterior component (p ≥ 0.05), there was a significant difference in lateral and overall components between these two experimental groups (p ≤ 0.05).

Significance

The results showed that in-water and on-land aerobic training led to increased balance and decreased postural sways of diabetic patients. Also, in-water aerobics training compared to on-land aerobic training led to better effects on stability, consistency, and balance of patients due to increased stimulation of proprioception.

中文翻译：

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水中和陆上有氧运动对2型糖尿病患者姿势摇摆和平衡的影响

背景

平衡和保持姿势是糖尿病患者日常活动的基本要求。这项研究的目的是研究水中和陆上有氧运动对2型糖尿病患者平衡的影响。

研究问题

在水中和陆地上的有氧训练环境之间，患者的平衡是否有所不同？

方法

为此，将24名参与者随机分为三个八人对照组，分别是陆地上的有氧运动和水中的有氧运动。患者在12周（每周2节）中进行了有氧训练，并用一种​​完全相同的方案进行了24次60分钟的进行性挑战训练。训练前后，通过Biodex平衡系统测量和记录患者的姿势摇摆和平衡，并将其记录为三个部分（前后，横向和整体）。使用相关的t，多元和Tukey事后检验分析数据。

结果

结果表明谁在水中和陆地上的有氧训练进行，相比于对照组患者，对他们的资产负债（一显著效果p ≤0.05）。虽然不只是在后-后组分（水和好氧组之间陆上观察了此显著效果p ≥0.05），有在横向和整体部件这两个实验组之间（一个显著差异p ≤0.05） 。

意义

结果表明，在水中和在陆上进行有氧运动可导致糖尿病患者增加平衡并减少姿势摇摆。而且，与增加有氧运动相比，水中有氧运动训练与陆上有氧运动训练相比，对患者的稳定性，一致性和平衡性产生了更好的效果。