Aquatic physical therapy
Aquatic physical therapy has been studied in 1 paper since 2016: 1 trial in people. The newest paper, Aug 5, 2016: “Comparison of Ai Chi and Impairment-Based Aquatic Therapy for Older Adults With Balance Problems: A Clinical Study”.
1 paper studies it3 findingsUpdated
“Repeated-measures analysis and dependent t tests showed significant improvements in the BBS (P = .00) and TUG (P = .03) after APT.”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Human trial1
Studies in people
1 study gave aquatic physical therapy to people and measured what changed.
up: Improves balance
no change: Has no effect on balance confidence
no change: Has no effect on pain
Trial32 people65 to 85 yearsFollow-up through 6 months postdischarge
Older adults; Pretherapy versus posttherapy in community-dwelling older adults with balance deficits
Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001), Aug 5, 2016
What did studies of Aquatic physical therapy find?
3Studies of Aquatic physical therapy measured 3 outcomes; the most studied are pain (1 study), balance confidence (1) and balance (1).
Pain
no changein humans1
1 study
Pain
no changein humans1
Aquatic physical therapy has no effect on pain in humans.
“The ABC and NPRS did not improve significantly (ABC, P = .27; NPRS, P = .77).”
Human trialCommunity-dwelling older adults with balance deficitsn = 32
Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)
Balance confidence
no changein humans1
1 study
Balance confidence
no changein humans1
Aquatic physical therapy has no effect on balance confidence in humans.
“The ABC and NPRS did not improve significantly (ABC, P = .27; NPRS, P = .77).”
Human trialCommunity-dwelling older adults with balance deficitsn = 32
Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)
Balance
upin humans1
1 study
Balance
upin humans1
Aquatic physical therapy improves balance in humans.
“Repeated-measures analysis and dependent t tests showed significant improvements in the BBS (P = .00) and TUG (P = .03) after APT.”
Human trialPretherapy versus posttherapy in community-dwelling older adults with balance deficitsn = 32
Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)