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 Volume 11, Issue 5 (May 2024), Pages: 111-120

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 Original Research Paper

Effects of water-based Thai dance on balance, muscle strength, quality of life, and blood glucose levels in elderly women

 Author(s): 

 Kornthip Limnararat *

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Thailand National Sports University Chaiyaphum Campus, Thailand

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9578-9160

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.05.012

 Abstract

This study investigated the impact of a water-based Thai dance routine on balance, muscle strength and endurance, quality of life, and blood glucose levels among elderly individuals. Participants were 128 women aged 60 to 70 from the Chaiyaphum Elderly Club, divided equally into an experimental group and a control group. Assessments were conducted at three intervals: before training, after six weeks, and after twelve weeks. Both one-way and two-way ANOVAs with repeated measures were employed, and Bonferroni's method was used for mean difference comparisons. Results showed that the experimental group, who engaged in the water-based Thai dance routines, exhibited significant improvements in static and dynamic balances, enhanced muscle strength and endurance, better quality of life, and maintained normal blood glucose levels compared to the control group (p < .01). Notably, improvements were more significant after twelve weeks of training than after six weeks. Conversely, the control group showed a slight decline in static balance after twelve weeks, although there were no significant changes in dynamic balance, muscle strength and endurance, quality of life, or blood glucose levels at any stage of the study.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Water-based Thai dance, Elderly health, Muscle strength, Quality of life, Blood glucose levels

 Article history

 Received 4 January 2024, Received in revised form 28 April 2024, Accepted 1 May 2024

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical consideration

This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards outlined by the Thailand National Sports University. The research protocol was approved by the university's ethics committee (Approval Number: SCI 018/2022, April 29, 2022). All participants provided informed consent before their inclusion in the study. The consent process included detailed information about the study's purpose, procedures, potential risks, and benefits. Participants were assured of their right to withdraw from the study at any time without any negative consequences. Confidentiality and anonymity of the participants were strictly maintained throughout the research process. All data were stored securely and were accessible only to the research team.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Limnararat K (2024). Effects of water-based Thai dance on balance, muscle strength, quality of life, and blood glucose levels in elderly women. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(5): 111-120

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