Hydrotherapy - the duration of response

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Title
Hydrotherapy - the duration of response
Author(s)
Hill Jenny
Abstract
IntroductionThis study was designed to assess the longevity of the effects of hydrotherapy.
It is a follow on study from the work of Lipman and Walters (2002) and Shah and Walters (2003). Lipman and Walters (2002) show a significant difference in Peak Torque of the Biceps Brachii muscle after hot and cold hydrotherapy at speeds of both 60 and 120 degrees per second and a reversal of the fatigue effect demonstrated in the control group. Shah and Walters (2003) show an increase in Peak Torque values after STT and hot and cold hydrotherapy and a reversal of the fatigue effect in both STT and hydrotherapy interventions.
In this study it was proposed that muscle function would not be effected 24 hours after hydrotherapy intervention but that muscle function would be effected after 5 consecutive days of hydrotherapy intervention.
Materials and Methods
20 subjects were tested using the CYBEX NORM isokinetic dynamometer with a single speed protocol of 60 degrees per second. There were two studies, one 24 hour study and one 5 day study. There were 10 subjects in each group of whom 5 in each group acted as their own control. The 24 hour study involved testing the Peak Torque on Day 1 followed by 12 minutes of hydrotherapy and then testing the Peak Torque again on Day 2 as near to the time as Day 1 as possible.
The 5 day study involved testing the Peak Torque followed by 12 minutes of hydrotherapy on Day 1, 12 minutes of hydrotherapy on each consecutive day followed by testing the Peak Torque again after the hydrotherapy on the 5th day as near to the time as Day 1 as possible.
Results
The data was analysed using a two tailed t-test for matched pair means at a 95% confidence level. All of the tests were not statistically significant as all had a P value of >0.05. Although the results were not statistically significant there was numerically different data in the 24 hour Intervention Study. On Day 2 there was an increase in Peak Torque (Nm) of +7 and a Mean Peak Torque increase of +19% compared to a decrease in Peak Torque (Nm) of -4 and a Mean Peak Torque decrease of -9% in the 24 hour Control Group.
The data for the 5 day study was not significant and showed no maintenance of improvement.
Conclusions
The results indicate that while not being statistically significant the 24 hour Intervention Study does correspond with the positive findings of Lipman and Walters (2002) and Shah and Walters (2003) by showing a reversal of the fatigue effect and an increase in muscle function even 24 hours after the application of hot and cold hydrotherapy.
presented at
British College of Osteopathic Medicine
Date Accepted
0
Date Submitted
1.1.1970 00:00:00
Type
osteo_thesis
Language
English
Submitted by:
62
Pub-Identifier
13636
Inst-Identifier
1076
Recommended
0
Item sets
Thesis

Hill Jenny, “Hydrotherapy - the duration of response”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 23, 2025, https://library.wso.at/s/orw/item/1121