BACKGROUND Aquatic therapy promotes short-term benefits for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), and it may be the first therapeutic option for this pathological condition. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of an aquatic therapy program on pain intensity, functional ability, and quality of life in older people with knee OA. METHODS/DESIGN This is a parallel, two-ar...

BACKGROUND Aquatic exercise is recommended by the Osteoarthritis Research Society (OARSI), by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) as a nonpharmacological method of controlling the knee osteoarthritis (KOA) symptoms. Moreover, given that weight loss results in a reduction of the load that is exerted upon the knee during daily activitie...

Fisheries provide an important source of food, employment, income, and recreation for people throughout the world (Allison, 2001). Appreciations of fisheries and aquatic ecosystems have been accompanied by increasing concern about the effects of growing human populations and activity on aquatic life and water quality. (lious, et al., 1996). Out of the many links associated to man`s negative imp...

INTRODUCTION One of the main problems associate with hemiparesis after stroke is the decrease in balance during static and dynamic postures which can highly affect daily life activities. OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of aquatic physiotherapy on the balance and quality of life (SS-QoL) of people with pos stroke. METHODS Chronic stroke participants received at total 18 individual sessions o...

Streamflow and water temperature (hydroclimate) influence the life histories of aquatic biota. The relationship between streamflow and temperature varies with climate, hydrogeomorphic setting, and season. Life histories of native fishes reflect, in part, their adaptation to regional hydroclimate (flow and water temperature), local habitats, and natural disturbance regimes, all of which may be a...

The mole salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum, exhibits both aquatic (gilled) and terrestrial (metamorphosed) adult morphologies. Previous studies have shown the existence of body-size advantages associated with the terrestrial morph in A. talpoideum and other polymorphic salamanders (e.g., A. tigrinum). However, aquatic adult A. talpoideum mature at a younger age and often breed earlier than terre...

The level of aquatic contamination in ports and other aquatic area is increasing unceasingly. The level of security of our sea region and other aquatic area can also be increase with the use of innovative technologies. These are the main driving force behind efforts to make more advance system for WATER WORLD. In this paper an innovative approach to robotic education is described by giving the ...

Aquatic flora of more than 355 different types of lakes, 18 medium and small rivers, including numerous ponds and temporary pools has been studied by stationary and route methods. Singularity of aquatic flora of Ob-Irtysh interfluve and specific distinguishes were considered. The different ways of allocating of the degree of individual flora, which might be expressed by different indicators wer...

aquatic environments are often contaminated by various industrial, agricultural and domestic sewage, while different pesticides have markedly different effects on aquatic life. scenedesmus spp. are often used as an indicator to show changes in physico-chemical and environmental conditions of the aquatic ecosystems. this study aimed to investigate the effects of different concentrations of pesti...