Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects
Conclusions
Conclusion: By holistic we can say that the implementation of the swim tube
produces an average increase in muscle activation of 100 microvolts. When we
faced the same muscle in front of the tube placement or not crawling, we see that
the infraspinatus muscle and the erector spinae of the neck are the only ones that
have statistically significant changes in muscle activation due to the suppression of
head movement (erector spinae) and resistance underwater recovery phase
(infraspinatus) As the underwater recovery by the application of the tube causes the
neck muscles are less active. However, in the act of crawl, faced the same muscle
on the use of pipe or did not observe statistically significant changes of the erector
spinae of the neck, we can conclude that in the crawl there is an increased activation
of that muscle when we apply tube.
In response to the theoretical models used in empirical Aquatic Physical Therapy,
we say that for the rehabilitation of cervical-brachial axis work in progress: (1)
crawl without tube, (2) crawling tube, (3) crawl tube and (4) crawl without tube.
Keywords: Aquatic Therapy, Snorkel, Surface Electromyography, Shoulder
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