Water- versus land-based treatment for postural control in postmenopausal osteoporotic women: a randomized, controlled trial M. Chaves Aveiro M. Arias Avila V. Santos Pereira-Baldon A. Santa Barbara Ceccatto Oliveira K. Gramani-Say J. Oishi P. Driusso 10.6084/m9.figshare.5039159.v1 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Water-_versus_land-based_treatment_for_postural_control_in_postmenopausal_osteoporotic_women_a_randomized_controlled_trial/5039159 <p><b>Objective:</b> To compare the effects of water-based and land-based physical therapy on postural control of older women with osteoporosis.</p> <p><b>Methods:</b> Thirty-six postmenopausal women with osteoporosis were allocated into two groups: land-based or water-based. Volunteers received 12 weeks of a supervised land-based or water-based physical therapy treatment. The outcome measure was postural control of the body during quiet standing on upright stance (eyes opened and closed), tandem and one-limb stance on a force plate. A two-way ANOVA with a Tukey HSD <i>post-hoc</i> test were used to highlight differences between pre- and post-intervention evaluations. Effect sizes were measured with Cohen <i>d</i> coefficient. For all variables, a level of 5% of significance was adopted.</p> <p><b>Results:</b> Significant improvements at tandem (<i>p</i> < 0.05, effect sizes from −0.67 to −1.35) and one-limb stance (<i>p</i> < 0.05, effect sizes from −0.76 to −1.03) for women carrying out water-based treatment were observed. Land-based treatment did not present significant improvement.</p> <p><b>Conclusions:</b> Group-based water-based physical therapy treatment may be more effective than land-based therapy to improve postural control at one-limb stance in women with osteoporosis.</p> 2017-05-25 08:15:51 Aged exercise therapy postural balance hydrotherapy osteoporosis