Comparison of the effects of aquatic and non-aquatic physiotherapy treatment on postural control among women suffering from osteoporosis: a randomized controlled study

INTERVENTION: The participants will carry out aquatic or non‐aquatic physiotherapy treatment. They will perform physiotherapy treatment two days per week for 12 weeks, 60 minutes each session supervised by a physiotherapist. They will be divided into three small groups according to their own schedule preferences. Aquatic physiotherapy training consist about stretching exercise, aerobic exercise as anterior, posterior and lateral walking. After that, participants will perform different ludic exercises to muscle strength and balance with balls, pool bars, aqua noodles, kick boards and floats. Patient lying supine on a pool bar or aqua noodles, legs alternate into flexion and extension, adduction and abduction. Session will finish with a cool‐down period. CONDITION: Functional balance Osteoporosis Postural control PRIMARY OUTCOME: Posturographic analyzes will be assessed using a stable force platform BERTEC CORPORATION. The variables related to COP (center of pressure) will be area oscillation, antero‐posterior (AP) and medio‐lateral (ML) displacement amplitude, AP and ML displacement velocity, AP and ML oscillation frequency in bipodal stance, unipodal stance an tandem position. SECONDARY OUTCOME: Functional balance will be assessed through Timed Up e Go Test and Berg Balance Scale. INCLUSION CRITERIA: community‐dwelling women suffering from osteoporosis, 65 years old or older,