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Effects of Koryo Hand Therapy(KHT) on Woman Elders' Knee Pain

고려수지요법이 여성노인의 무릎통증에 미치는 효과

  • Received : 2011.07.18
  • Accepted : 2011.09.08
  • Published : 2011.09.30

Abstract

The study was done to identify the effects of Koryo Hand Therapy(KHT) of woman elders' knee pain. This is an quasi-experiment with nonequivalent control group pre- & post-test design. The subjects consisted of 105 woman elders were admitted to in elders' hospital in D city. They are randomized 35 for the experimental group A by using ceramic Seo Am pellet therapy, 35 for the experimental group B by using Seo Am moxa therapy and 35 for the control group. The Koryo Hand Therapy(KHT) was conducted 3 times per week for 6 weeks. Data analyzed using ${\chi}^2$-test, One-way ANOVA and repeated measure ANOVA with SPSS Win 17.0 version. The results of this study was knee pain of the experimental group A provided with ceramic Seo Am pellet therapy(p=.000), the experimental group B provided with Seo Am moxa therapy(p=.000) would be lower than that the control group. Knee pain of the experimental group B provided with Seo Am moxa therapy would be lower than that the experimental group A provided with ceramic Seo Am pellet therapy(p=.001). Koryo Hand Therapy(KHT) was to be effective in relieving knee pain woman elders' and it is suggested that the therapy should be used for managing.

본 연구는 고려수지요법이 여성노인의 무릎통증에 미치는 효과를 검증하기 위해 실시되었다. 연구설계는 비동등성 대조군 사전 사후설계 유사 실험 연구이며, 연구대상자는 D시 1개 노인병원에 입원하여 있는 여성노인 환자 중 서암봉 요법을 적용한 실험군 A 35명, 서암뜸 요법을 적용한 실험군 B 35명, 대조군 35명으로 총 105명이었다. 실험처치인 고려수지요법은 주 3회씩 6주간 실시하였으며, 자료처리는 SPSS/win 17.0 통계프로그램을 이용하여 ${\chi}^2$-test, One-way ANOVA, Repeated measure ANOVA를 이용하여 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 서암봉 요법을 적용한 실험군 A(p=.000), 서암뜸 요법을 적용한 실험군 B(p=.000)는 처치를 받지 않은 대조군보다 무릎통증이 감소되었다. 그리고 서암뜸 요법을 적용한 실험군 B는 서암봉 요법을 적용한 실험군 A보다 무릎통증이 감소(p=.001)되었다. 이상에서 고려수지요법은 여성노인의 무릎통증 완화에 효과적인 대체 요법이라고 볼 수 있다.

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