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| Título: | Can a Halliwick swimming programme develop water competence, static and dynamic balance in disabled participants? |
| Autores: | Maia, Andreia
Amarante, Jean
Serra, Nuno
Vila-Chã, Carolina
Barbosa, Tiago
Costa, Mário |
| Data: | 2017 |
| Editora: | Desafio Singular |
| Citação: | MAIA A, AMARANTE J, SERRA N, VILA-CHÃ C, BARBOSA TM, COSTA MJ (2017) Can a Halliwick swimming programme develop water competence, static and dynamic balance in disabled participants? Motricidade, 13(1): S134-135. International Congress CIDESD 2016. Évora, Portugal. |
| Resumo: | Introduction
The Halliwick concept is an aquatic rehabilitation programme aiming to enhance balance and core stability of disabled individuals. Previous studies focused on assessing the participants’ satisfaction on Halliwick programmes or the acquisition of water motor skills (Garcia et al., 2012).Yet, as far as our understanding goes there is not in the literature the assessment of the water independence or the transfer to land-based body balance and posture.
Methods
Nine individuals (33±12.3 years) diagnosed with cerebral palsy (n=2), mental disability (n=4) and trisomy 21 (n=3) were took part in a Halliwick’s 10-point programme. The programme had a duration of 15 weeks comprising one weekly session with one hour of duration. All sessions were planned and implemented by a trained therapist. In the beginning (W0) and in the end (W15) of the intervention programme it was assessed the water competence, static and dynamic balance. Water competence was assessed by the Water Orientation Test Align 2 (WOTA, in points) that is capped to 81 points (Tiroshi et al., 2008). Static balance was assessed by one-leg stance test (OST, in s) and functional reaching test (FRT, in m) according to standard guidelines. The Time up & go test (TUGT, in s) was selected as a measure of dynamic balance.
Results
Water competence measured by WOTA 2 showed significant improvements (WOTAW0 = 39±11 vs WOTAW15 = 57±16 points, p <0.01) between the beginning and end of the programme. Static balance also improved. There was a significant change in the OST (OSTW0 = 15.56±12.88 vs OSTW15 = 17.78±12.48 s, p = 0.04) and FRT (FRTW0 = 0.20±0.09 vs FRTW15 = 0.24±0.11 m, p <0.01) performances. Dynamic balance also improved (TUGTW0 = 9.12±2.61 vs TUGTW15 = 7.74±2.52 s, p = 0.01) after the 15th week.
Conclusions
It can be concluded that 15 weeks of a well-designed Halliwick programme can improve water competence of disabled individuals. Concurrently, it was also noted a positive transfer of the skills acquired in water to on land body balance and posture. Hence, fitness and health practitioners should be aware of the water benefits to improve balance and core stability in disable populations. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10314/3810 |
| Aparece nas Colecções: | Artigos em Acta de Conferência Internacional (ESECD)
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