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The Effects of Stretching Exercise to Musculoskeletal pain in the Community-Dwelling Farmers

일개 지역 농부에서 근골격계 통증에 대한 스트레칭 운동의 효과

  • Chong, Bok-Hee (Department of Occupational therapy, Howon University College of Health Welfare) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Ja (Department of Occupational therapy, Howon University College of Health Welfare) ;
  • Yang, Chung-Yong (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University College of Medicine and Hospital)
  • 정복희 (호원대학교 작업치료학과) ;
  • 김정자 (호원대학교 작업치료학과) ;
  • 양충용 (원광대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실, 원광의과학연구소)
  • Received : 2011.09.01
  • Accepted : 2011.10.06
  • Published : 2011.10.31
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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of stretching management on musculoskeletal joint pain in community indwelling elderly farmers. The study included 28 residents who lived in a rural community. All participants were assigned randomly to either the stretching group (n=13, $59.67{\pm}4.77$ year-old) or the control group (n=15, $61.44{\pm}10.41$ year-old). Respondents were interviewed by means of a structured questionnaire. Pain severity of 6 body areas caused by symptoms of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and pain severity on day time variations were measured by the visual analogue scale on a self-assessed questionnaire. The stretching group was administered stretching therapy (45 min, 2 sets, warming up and cool down, main exercise; total 19 stretching kinds of subset 5 fields) for 12 times for 4 weeks. There were no significant difference between the two groups in general social and pain characteristics. After 4 weeks of stretching, the stretching group showed significant improvements at almost all joint pain scores except arm/elbow, and day time variation scores of pain compared to both baseline scores, and with control group scores. These results showed that stretching therapy is one of the most useful modalities to manage musculoskeletal pain in community-based elderly farmers.

본 연구는 농작업자에게 스트레칭 운동을 적용하여 근골격계 통증에 대한 개선 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 대상은 28명의 일개 지역 농촌거주자가 참여하였으며 무작위 추출법에 의해 스트레칭군(n=13, $59.67{\pm}4.77$세)과 대조군(n=15, $61.44{\pm}10.41$세)으로 나누었다. 본 연구는 구조화된 설문방식을 이용하였으며, 작업관련 근골격계 질환의 증상을 갖는 신체 6부위에서 통증의 강도와 하루시기 중 통증변화에 따른 통증의 강도를 시각적 상사척도를 이용하여 측정하였다. 스트레칭군에서는 4주 동안 전체 12회의 스트레칭 치료가 실시되었다. 인구통계학적 특성과 통증의 특성에서 두군 간 유의한 차이는 없었다. 스트레칭 적용 4주후, 스트레칭군에서 팔/팔꿈치관절을 제외한 거의 모든 관절부위와 하루 중 통증정도가 치료 전에 비해 그리고 대조군에 비해 각각 유의한 개선효과를 보였다. 따라서 스트레칭은 지역사회 주거 노인 농부에서 근골격계 통증의 조절을 위한 효과적인 중재 방법 중 하나로 생각된다.

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