The effect of exercising on the balance of static, dynamic and the falling risk of the old people in and out of the water in the twelve weeks

The purpose of this study was examine the effect of exercising in and out of the water on balance level and falling risk of healthy male older people. In this regard, 45 old men who were older than 65 years were selected randomly and divided into 3 groups including: exercising into the water, exercising out of water and controlling. Each group included 15 people. Two groups of exercising in to the water and out of the water participated in the similar exercises into the water and on the land during 12 weeks. The mentioned groups participated 3 sessions per week and each session lasting 60 minutes. The changes which occurred in the balance and failing risk of participants measured after and before of the exercise by the star, sharpand and Romberg tests and risk questionnaire which includes 13 questions. The normality of the Data distribution measured by the Kolmogorov Smirnov normality test and the equality of variances measured by the Levin test. So, One-way analysis of variance and the analysis of variance mixed with the factors within the group were used in the Statistical Analysis. Data analyzed by the spss software (version 20) and a≥ /05 was considered. The findings of the study showed that exercise programs in and out of the water have significant effect on the balance of static and dynamic and the falling risk of older people(P≤0/05). The results indicated significant differences between the Posttest data and the subjects of exercise and control groups (P≤0/05). On the other hand, the results did not show the significant differences between two groups of exercising in to the water and out of the water (P≥0/05). According to this study, using the exercises in and out of the water did not have effective factor on the improving of static and dynamic balance and falling risk of old people.