EFFECTS OF FOOT MASSAGE COMBINED WITH LOWER LIMB MUSCLE EXERCISES ON MUSCLE STRENGTH, BALANCE AND FLEXIBILITY IN THE ELDERLY
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The purpose of this research was to study the effects of foot massage combined with lower extremity muscle exercises on muscle strength, balance, and flexibility in the elderly. The sample group in this study was elderly people living in Bang Sai Subdistrict. Mueang Chon Buri District Chon Buri Province aged 60 years and over, totaling 30 people. The research tools were foot massage program combined with lower limb muscle exercises and the Senior physical fitness tests. Data were analyzed by repeated measures one-way ANOVA and one-way multiple variance analysis. The results of the research were found that muscle strength, balance, and flexibility before training and after training in weeks 8 and 12 of the group that practiced the foot massage program combined with lower extremity muscle exercises and groups that perform normal daily activities. They were significantly different at the .05 level and the results of multiple analysis of variance to compare the results of normal daily activities and practicing the foot massage program together with exercises for the lower extremity muscles that has an effect on the physical fitness of the elderly After the twelve week of training, it was found that the differences were statistically significant at the .05 level.
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