1Post Graduate Student, Orthopaedical Physiotherapy, Dolphin PG Institute of Biomedical & Natural Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
2Department of Physiotherapy, Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Research, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
*Corresponding author: siddhartha_0011@rediffmail.com
Online published on 23 December, 2013.
Osteoporosisis a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone density that results in an increased susceptibility to fracture.Osteoporosis is a silent disease if not detected early, fractures may occur without warning because of reduced bone strength and increased load on the bone at a given time.
To compare the effectiveness of aerobic exercise and progressive resisted exercise in osteoporotic patients
A total of 28 osteoporotic male and female individuals were participated who met the inclusion & exclusion criteria and randomly divided into 2 groups where group-A received progressive resistive exercise and group-B received aerobic exercises. Exercise was given 3 days a week for six weeks. Outcome measure was BMD and SF-36 form as pre intervention and post intervention.
progressive resistive exercise and aerobic exercises both showed significant improvement in BMD & SF-36
The conclusion of the study reveals that the aerobic exercises are more effective in comparison with progressive resisted exercise
Osteoporosis, Aerobic Exercise, Progressive resistive exercise, BMD
