Summery of Article
This study was performed to measure the effects of aquatic exercise upon the respiratory system. The analysts were trying to find preventative and therapeutic exercises for healthy, aged adults.
This test was performed on individuals between the ages of 60 and 65. Each person was divided into one of three control groups: aquatic, non-aquatic, and control. The aquatic group performed exercises while their shoulders and lower bodies were under water. The non-aquatic group performed the same or similar exercises outside the water. The third group was the control group to report the normal trend. These exercises were performed three times a week for ten consecutive weeks.
After gathering the raw data, they applied the results to statistical tests. With a significance of 5% they concluded that there was a strong correlation between the aquatic exercises and the inspiratory muscles of the respiratory system. The expiration muscles showed no effect in either the aquatic or the non-aquatic group.
This information is useful to doctors and clinicians who are working with older adults. This shows that aquatic exercises can play a useful role in injury and illness prevention primarily within the respiratory system.
Work Cited
IDE, Maiza Ritomy, et al. (April 2005). Effects of an aquatic verses non aquatic respiratory exercise program on the respiratory muscle strength in healthy, aged persons. Clinics 60, 2, 151.
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