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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.9.4022

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

Koh, Hyo-Jung (College of Nursing, Keimyung University)
Jung, Mi-Kyung (Dongsan Nursing Academy)
Kwon, Yun-Hee (Department of Nursing, Taegu Science University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.9, 2011 , pp. 4022-4029 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Koryo hand therapy; Woman elder; Knee pain;
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