The effect of fundamental motor skills education program on static balance of patients with MS: a self-management practice approach

Torabi Kargar, Neda; Shahbazi, Mehdi; Arab Ameri, Elahe

doi:10.22034/ijmbsp.2021.130595

The effect of fundamental motor skills education program on static balance of patients with MS: a self-management practice approach

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijmbsp.2021.130595

Volume 1, Issue 1
Summer 2021

Pages 1-8

Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Neda Torabi kargar ¹

Mehdi Shahbazi ²

Elahe Arab Ameri ³

¹ MSc, Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of Motor Behavior and sport psychology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

There is little information on the effectiveness of exercises with self-management strategy in the motor function of MS patients; the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of fundamental motor skills (FMS (training program on static balance of patients with MS with a self-management training approach. For this purpose, 32 patients with MS (12 males and 20 females) with average age (34.2 ± 3.5) were divided into experimental (n = 18) and control (n = 14) groups. Participants received a FMS program in the first month (12 sessions) and 1 hour per session. In the second month, 8 sessions of FMS training (4 weeks and 2 sessions per week) continued for the control group in an instructor-centered manner, but the experimental group continued the exercises in a self-managed manner. In the third month, participants continued their training sessions without the presence of an instructor for 8 sessions. At the beginning of each month and at the end of the third month, a single-leg stance test was taken to measure static balance. The results of analysis of covariance showed that the balance of the experimental group increased from the first to the second and third tests (p < /em> <0.001) and in the control group from the first to the third test decreased significantly (p < /em> <0.001). In addition, the experimental group showed more equilibrium time in the third test (p < /em> <0.001). Therefore, training in FMS with a self-management strategy can be used to rehabilitate the static balance function of MS patients.

Keywords

self-control

control posture

multiple sclerosis

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