Dohsa treatment to improve balance in elderly people:an evaluation of an family-based rehabilitation programme

Objectives: in this research we evaluate an individually family-based dohs aexercise programme of balancein the aged people and its effect on self confidence for performing commondaily tasks with less falling could be influenced by training.methods: from a residential carecenter, five aged person were participated inthis study. they were trainedby dohsa method for six weeks. two types of dohsa-houwere used: relaxation and tate-kei. tatc-kei wasthe task which required them to control theirbody vertically against gravity.results: the results indicated that most of them had improved their balance and their confidence for doing theirdaily activities without falling in a betterway.discussion: thedchsa family based rehabilitation program could improve their balanceand increase their activityby not falling down. the familybased programme can be auseful program for rehabilitation therapistsin their therapy with aged people to improve their life skills and well beings.