Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Osteoporosis
Abstract number: 25240
EFFECTS OF HOME-BASED EXERCISE PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY WITH
KYPHOSIS
Keiko FUKUROKU 1 , Akemi OTA 2 , Natsuko SETO 1 , Yasuko SHIMIZU 1 , Misaka
KIMURA 3
1 Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Division of Health Sciences, Suita
(JAPAN), 2 Osaka Electro-Communication University, Shijonawate (JAPAN), 3 Kyoto
Prefectural University of Medicine School of Nursing, Kyoto (JAPAN)
Objective: To define the effects of home-based exercise for elderly kyphosis
outpatients in Orthopaedic clinic. Methods: The subjects were assigned to a exercise
group (n=7, age: 77.1±3.7) or control group (n=9, age: 77.2±5.8) who consulted the
outpatient of the Department of Orthopaedics in clinic. The intervention group was
females with kyphosis and primary osteoporosis. Exercise program consisted of four
types that single-leg with eyes open, exercise of ankle, toe and back muscle,
everyday for 6 months. The 8 item test encompassing balance, leg and trunk
strength and range of ankle joint motion was used. By using the SPSS Ver.15.0,
paired t tests and t tests were performed to compare the mean of each item at
baseline versus after 6 months. Results: Many subjects found it very difficult at first to
exercise of toe and single-leg with eyes open. 6 subjects improved the measured
values of each item that single-leg with eyes open, back muscle strength, 5-m
maximal walking time. The mean value of every items except ankle dorsiflexion were
improved. A significant difference in 5-m maximal walking time (from 4.38±1.09s to
3.72±0.66s, p=0.001) and toe grip force (from 17.66±2.89N to 24.41±3.77N, p=0.02)
were shown. The mean value of amount of activity with measuring instrument
showed no significant differences between groups. Conclusions: The results
demonstrated that this intervention is effective to improve the measured values in
kyphosis.
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