THE CREATION OF FOLK-DANCE PERFORMANCE FOR EXERCISE IN THE ELDERLY WITH THE RISK OF OSTEOARTHRITIS

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Paroonjuk Akkararatsakul, Piyawadee Makpa

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The objectives of this research are to create and study the effects before and after the use of folk dance performance for exercising the leg muscles and the muscles around the knees of the elderly who are at risk of osteoarthritis development. The assessment form on the severity of osteoarthritis of the Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, is used. The research is conducted by creating a performance that has been certified by the experts and applied to the experimental group of 59 persons. It is found that, with the folk dance performance consisting of 8 dance gestures, the leg muscles and the muscles around the knees of the elderly can be improved at a very good level for 23 persons, at a good level for 33 persons, and without change for 3 persons.

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