艾扬格瑜伽对中老年女性膝关节炎患者的影响

Effect of Iyengar yoga exercises in middle-aged and elderly women with knee osteoarthritis

目的:研究艾扬格瑜伽对患有膝关节骨性关节炎(OA)的中老年女性患者的影响。方法:以30名经医生确诊患有OA的中老年女性为被试者,分成两组即:瑜伽组15人,身高:(159.81±7.1)kg、体重:(77.09±8.06)kg、年龄:(51±8.9)岁;对照组15人,身高:(161.35±5)kg、体重:(77.14±14.02)kg、年龄:(53.11±10.9)岁。仅对瑜伽组进行每周3次每次60 min连续进行8周的艾扬格瑜伽练习,对照组除了一般的日常活动不做任何特别的练习。运用视觉类比量表和膝关节损伤和OA结果量表的问卷分别测量被试者在实验前后症状、日常活动能力、体育休闲活动、生活质量。结论:练习艾扬格瑜伽的OA患者的疼痛症状明显下降,日常活动能力、体育休闲活动、生活质量的分数明显增加。所有数据用SPSS 17.0统计软件包处理,P的显著性水准为α=0.05。

The purpose of this research was to study the effect of Iyengar yoga exercises in middle-aged and elderly women with OA. Sample included 30 women who were medically diagnosed with OA and were divided into two groups.The yoga group has 15 person （height： 159.81 ± 7. l cmweight： 77.09±8.06kglage： 51 ± 8.9 years）and control group has 15 person（height： 161.35± 5 cmsweight： 77.14±14.02 kglage：53.1±10.9years）.Only the yoga group received 60 minutes sessions of Iyengar yoga,3 times o week and for 8 weeks.The control group in addition to the normal daily activities without any special training. Using the visual analogue scale and the knee injury and OA Outcome Scale questionnaire were measured before and after the experiment,test symptoms,daily activities,sports and spare time activities,quality of life.Results：the practice of Iyengar yoga in patients with OA of the knee pain symptoms decreased,the ability of daily activities, sports and spare time activities,quality of life score increased significantly.All the data by using SPSS17.0 statistical software package,significant level for the P=0.05.