MOTOR REHABILITATION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN WITH I-II DEGREE SCOLIOSIS

Abstract

Purpose: to compare the effectiveness of different methods of therapeutic gymnastics for primary schoolaged children with visual pathology with scoliosis.Material and methods. This study was conducted with the participation of 18 visually impaired children, with I-II-degree scoliosis, who were divided into 2 groups. Standard and improved methods of therapeutic gymnastics were used in the process of physical rehabilitation. Comprehensive morpho-functional examination was performed before the beginning of rehabilitation and after the completion of rehabilitation measures.Results and discussion. The application of therapeutic swimming in the method of therapeutic gymnastics promoted statistically significant improvement of all the studied indices: proper vital capacity of lungs, thorax excursion, power endurance of back mus- cles, abdominal muscles strength, podometrics and general physical efficiency.Conclusions. Thus, the dynamics of the studied parameters of the morphofunctional state of children with visual deprivationcombined with scoliosis testifies to the fact that the inclusion of swimming into the main part of the therapeutic gymnastics class has a more effective effect on the rehabilitation measures.