%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of exercise therapy on the musculoskeletal abnormalities of blind boy students of 12- 18 years old at Tehran Mohebbi blind school
%A Nazila Akbarfahimi
%A Bahram Jadidi
%A Zahra Shahi
%A Habib Allah Jadidi
%J Koomesh
%D 2009
%I Semnan Univeristy of Medical Sciences
%X Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine the 13 musculoskeletal abnormalities (fronthead, lateral bending head, shoulder dropping, scoliosis, kyphosis, lumbar lordosis, flat back,pelvicobliguity, genu varum, x.leg, flat foot, pes cavus, and hallux valgus) after a period of exercisetherapy on the blind boy students without secondary disability.Materials and Methods: In this semi-experimental research, 60 boy students were included fromsecondary and high school (12-18 years old) including 34 congenital blind and 26 semi blind. Theywere selected among 135 students at Tehran Mohebbi blind school. They were tested by measurementtools (symetrigraph, antropometer, and podioscope). After examining the results by the New York test,the students who were diagnosed with one or more musculoskeletal abnormalities took part in fourmonth¡¯sexercises with 3 sessions at weak. The results were registered after the end of the exerciseprogram and administered secondary exam. The data before and after the exam were analyzed.Results: 80 percents of the blind students at pre-exam had musculoskeletal abnormalities which aredecreased to 45 percent after exercises. There were significant differences on the rate of recovery at 11abnormalities (Exact ¨C Sign = 0 < 0/05) and there were not significant differences at pelvicobliguityand x.leg abnormalities (Exact ¨C Sign = 1 < 0/05).Conclusion: the research findings emphasized on the validation and important of exercise therapyon musculoskeletal abnormalities.
%K Exercise therapy
%K Blindness
%K Musculoskeletal abnormalities
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