The Effectiveness of Court Type Thai Traditional Massage with Herbal Compress Relieving Knee Pain among Elderly with Osteoarthritis
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Osteoarthritis is a major health problem in the elderly caused from the synovial fluid decreasing or the erosion of the joint surface, causing patients' knee pain while they are moving and leading to disabilities. This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effectiveness of Court-type Thai traditional massage with herbal compress for relieving knee pain among elderly with osteoarthritis and compare the pain scores after that Court-type Thai traditional massage with herbal compress. Thirty elderly people aged 60 years with primary osteoarthritis and a pain score of not more than 5 points from Wat Prik Sub-district Health Promotion Hospital, Mueang District, Phitsanulok Province, were recruited using purposive sampling. The participants were diagnosed through a physical examination by an applied Thai Traditional Medicine officer and assessed for pain level using a numerical scale before and after each treatment. The data were collected before and after treatment twice a week for 4 weeks and analyzed using a paired t-test to compare the difference in knee pain before and after treatment. Results were presented with frequency, mean, percentage, and standard deviation. It was revealed that the participants receiving Court-Type Thai traditional massage with herbal compress had a mean score of knee pain decreased in the 1st week (3.33 ± 0.81), the 2nd week (2.67 ± 0.51), the 3rd week (1.50 ± 0.54), and the 4th week (0.21 ± 0.42). When the mean scores of the pain were compared between weeks 1 and 2; weeks 2 and 3; weeks 3 and 4; and weeks 1 and 4; a statistically significant difference was found (P< .001) in each week. The findings indicate that the level of knee pain can be reduced using Court-type Thai traditional massage with herbal compress in the elderly with osteoarthritis. Thus, this treatment can be an alternative medicine for relieving knee pain among the elderly with osteoarthritis.
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