Florence Vinoliya, V (2012) Effectiveness of muscle strengthening exercises on joint pain and physical function among old age people with osteoarthritis in St. Joseph home for aged and destitute, Podanur, at Coimbatore. Masters thesis, Bishop’s College of Nursing, Dharapuram.
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Abstract
“Old age is like everything else, To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young” Age related changes affect every body system. These changes are normal and occur as people age. Older people generally lose muscle strength as they age. This reduction in muscle strength and associated joint pain makes the older people more likely to have problems carrying out their daily activities. Muscle Strengthening exercises helps to reduce joint pain and improve the physical function. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of muscle strengthening exercises on joint pain and physical function among old age people with osteoarthritis in St. Joseph Home for aged and destitute, at Coimbatore. Conceptual framework for the study has been based on modified Wiedenbech’s helping art of clinical nursing theory. The research design used was one group pre test and post test pre experimental design. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 50 samples for the study. Muscle Strengthening exercises are practiced by samples for 30-45 minutes daily in the morning and evening for 30 days. The level of joint pain and physical function before and after muscle strengthening exercises and the association between the post test level of joint pain and physical function with the selected demographic variables were assessed among old age people with osteoarthritis. The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. With regard to joint pain, the mean post test scores of joint pain 3.3(SD + 1.129) which was significantly lower than the mean pretest scores 7.78(SD + 1.17). The mean post test scores of physical function 38.86 (SD + 9.038) which was significantly higher than the mean pretest scores 25.1(SD+ 2.332). The ‘t’ value of joint pain score was 36.721 and physical function score was 11.632 which was significant at < 0.05 level. There was no significant association between post test scores of joint pain with the selected demographic variables at 0.05 level. There was no significant association between post test scores of physical function with the selected demographic variables except for duration of illness (χ2=16.992) at 0.05 level. The study findings revealed that there is a significant reduction of joint pain and improved physical function after muscle strengthening exercises. Based on the statistical findings it was evident that muscle strengthening exercises reduce the joint pain and improve physical function among old age people with osteoarthritis thereby it promotes the well being and quality of life among old age people with osteoarthritis.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Muscle Strengthening Exercises, Joint Pain, Physical Function, Old Age People, Osteoarthritis, Coimbatore. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Medical Surgical Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2017 06:48 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Aug 2020 05:12 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/3255 |
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