DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXERCISE MODEL USING MUSICAL CHAIRS AFFECTING THE PHYSICAL FITNESS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AT BAN NONG SAI, MUEANG DISTRICT, UDON THANI PROVINCE

Abstract

This research aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a developed exercise program using musical chairs on the physical fitness of elderly people at Ban Nong Sai, Mueang District, Udon Thani Province. The study population consisted of 60 elderly club members, selected using purposive sampling, aged 30 years and older. The participants were divided into two groups using a matching group method: an experimental group of 15 people who followed a training program created by the researchers, and a control group of 15 people who performed general exercise on their own for 8 weeks, 3 days a week, 40 minutes per day. Data was collected before and after weeks 4, 6, and 8 of the experiment. The research findings showed that the two groups had an average age of 67 years, an average resting pulse of 81.62, blood pressure of 131/71.03, weight of 54 kg, height of 155 cm, body mass index of 22.81, muscle strength of 20.27, and an average flexibility of 12.52 cm. Physical fitness improvements between the experimental and control groups showed that the experimental group's leg muscle strength mean 18.27, standard deviation 3.24 was significantly better than the control group’s mean 14.72, standard deviation 4.24 after 6 and 8 weeks of training, at a statistical significance level of .05. The cardiovascular endurance of the experimental group had a mean of 152 standard deviation 34.95, which was better than the control group's mean of 116 standard deviation 22.58 after 6 and 8 weeks of training. Similarly, the balance of the experimental group had a mean of 1.05 standard deviation .48, which was better than the control group’s mean of .30 standard deviation .18 after 6 and 8 weeks of training. All these results were statistically significant at the .05 level.