:: Volume 21, Issue 7 (2-2014) ::
Journal of Ilam University of Medical Sciences 2014, 21(7): 43-53 Back to browse issues page
the survey of Cawthorne and Cooksey exercise on the quality of life, balance and fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Ramin Balouchy * 1, A Ghiasi , E Naderi , H Sodoghi
1- alameh tabatabai university , ram_b81@yahoo.com
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Abstract Multiple sclerosis disease is a chronic disease a progressive central nervous cells. Which mostly young people, who are in the active phase of life, are affected by it. The very important symptoms are included fatigue and disorder in balanced. The purpose of this study was the survey of Cawthorne and Cooksey exercise on the quality of life, balance and fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis. A Subjects of this study were 30 men with multiple sclerosis, who that were placed in the both experimental and control groups in a random manner. Questionnaire SF36, berg balance scale and FFS were been used to measure quality of life, balance and fatigue respectively, in the two groups of subjects. Experimental group exercise protocols were included Cawthorne and Cooksey exercise which performed for 10 weeks, three sessions in a week. The results of this study showed that after exercise protocol in the experimental group increased significantly in all dimensions of quality of life and balance scales were leaf ( P<0.05). The significant reduction in the FSS fatigue scale in the experimental group was observed (P<0.05). Finally, We can say that Cawthorne and Cooksey exercise as a one method of non-invasive treatment can be effective in improving activities of daily life, severity of fatigue and balance that can be use with the drug be recommended to patients with MS
Keywords: Key words: Multiple sclerosis, quality of life. Balance, fatigue
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Type of Study: Applicable | Subject: General
Received: 2011/07/28 | Accepted: 2013/12/25 | Published: 2014/02/3


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