@article{มหาพรหม_Monkong_Wongvatunyu_2017, title={ผลของการออกกำลังกายด้วยไทชิต่อท่าทางและการทรงตัวของผู้สูงอายุ}, volume={32}, url={https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/TJONC/article/view/95858}, abstractNote={<p><span class="fontstyle2"><span class="fontstyle0">Objective: </span>To identify the duration of Tai Chi exercise that most effectively<br>benefted elderly people’s movements and balance.<br><span class="fontstyle0">Design: </span>Single-group experimental research with a pre-test and a post-test.<br><span class="fontstyle0">Methodology: </span>This study was conducted on a sample of 30 elderly care home<br>residents who possessed the research-specifed qualifcations. The participants were<br>engaged in a Tai Chi exercise programme that lasted 12 weeks, each with 3 60-minute<br>sessions. The types of data collected included (i) the participants’ general information;<br>(ii) body movements, consisting of stationary movements and flexion; and (iii) body balance,<br>consisting of static balance and dynamic balance. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse<br>the general information, and two-way ANOVA repeated measures to compare the participants’<br>pre- and post-experimental movements and balance.<br><span class="fontstyle0">Results: </span>After the Tai Chi experiment, no signifcant change was noticed in the<br>participants’ average level of stationary movement. However, their average body flexion<br>level became higher in the fourth week of the Tai Chi experiment than it had been before<br>the experiment, and rose signifcantly (.05) in the eighth and twelfth weeks. The participants<br>began showing a higher average level of dynamic balance in the eighth week of the experiment,<br>compared with their pre-experimental result, with a signifcant rise (.05) observed in<br>the twelfth week. Similarly, compared with before the experiment, the participants’<br>average level of static balance improvement became apparent in the fourth week of the<br>experiment, followed by a signifcant rise in the eighth and twelfth weeks (.05).<br><span class="fontstyle0">Recommendations: </span>A minimum of four weeks of Tai Chi exercise may help<br>elderly people improve their body flexion and static balance, whilst a minimum of eight<br>weeks may result in the improvement of their dynamic balance. <br> </span></p>}, number={3}, journal={The Journal of Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council }, author={มหาพรหม ทิวา and Monkong, Supreeda and Wongvatunyu, Suporn}, year={2017}, month={Nov.}, pages={50–65} }