Abstract
Aim of the study was to assess the role of the physical activity in therapy of glaucoma — to find out the effect of aerobic exercise on visual field, intraocular pressure and the psychical state.
The study group consisted of fifteen glaucoma patients — women, mean age 49 years. Eight of them were enrolled in an aerobic exercise program of duration of 3 months. Seven patients — women, matched in age without any organized physical activity serve as control.
The Octopus glaucoma program was used for quantification of the visual field defects. Intraocular pressure was measured by using Goldmann’s and Schiotz’s tonometer.
EPI (Eysenck Personality Inventory) and STAI (State and Trait Anxiety inventory) were used in evaluating the psychical state.
The values of IOP before and after single exercise session were in normal range.
There were no significant differences between the input and output values of the parameters of visual field.
Intraocular pressure in course of the exercise program period was stable, in normal ranges in experimental and in control group as well.
The values of examined persons were in the center of the scale stability-lability and extraversion-introversion.
The values of anxiety (as a trait) were in norm, and they did not changed in course the period. The anxiety (as a state) significantly decreased (p<0, 05) in experimental group.
The glaucoma ocular parameters were kept in normal range during the exercise program period. The exercise did not cause the worsening of the ocular parameters after the single (individual) session. A positive effect of exercise program on the anxiety was ascertained.
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Lipkova, J., Gregor, T., Kyselovicova, O. et al. The Effect of Aerobic Exercises on the Ocular Parameters and the Psychic State of Glaucoma Patients. Act Nerv Super 50, 15–17 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03379731
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