The Synthesis of Physical Exercise Postures for Reducing Shoulder Pain in Elderly People Using Decision Table Technique

Abstract

     The purpose of this applied research was to 1) study and survey position of elderly shoulder pain 2) Synthesizing posture exercises for reducing shoulder pain in the elderly. The research methodology is interviewing a sample of 384 elderlies calculated by Cochran’s equation and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The level of confidence is 95 percent. It found that the elderly had most of the elderly are female, 68%, aged between 66-70 years, 39.6%. In addition, the elderly had the most pain in the shoulder area, 36.2%, followed by the neck and shoulder 29.4%, the shoulder and upper back 28.6%.  The researchers synthesized a set of posture exercises to reduce pain in the shoulder area from the Thai physical exercise postures: Ruesi Datton posture, Thai Prasit posture, Thai Pran posture, and Maneeivej posture. There are comparisons with anatomy and synthesize all the exercise postures to check the correctness of the posture by a medical expert, physical therapist, and physiotherapist. After that, the information has been audited to test the decision model for deciding the right posture for the position that has the symptom.
     The result of the synthesis of posture exercises to reduce pain in the shoulder area found that 5 sets of appropriate posture exercises are set 1) 35 posture for reducing shoulder and front body, set 2) 23 posture to reduce shoulder and back pain, set 3) 26 posture for pain relief around the shoulders and upper arms, set 4) 23 posture for pain relief in the scapula, and set 5) 23 posture for reducing pain in the shoulder and upper back. In which every pose has been tried and practiced and has been added by Thai traditional medicine Physical therapists to be connected and continuous in the movement and have a positive effect on the use of posture in practical work.