Effect of Integrated Motor Control Training Program on Balance Ability and Fall Efficacy in Elderly
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The objective of this research were to develop an Integrated Motor Control Training Program (IMCT) and to compare balance ability and fall efficacy between the experimental group using the developed program and the control group who received the general exercise program. The participants were sixty older women aged 61 - 83 years from Mueang Rayong district, Rayong province, who were assigned to the experimental group (n = 30) and the control group (n = 30). The research design pattern was an experimental design as pretest and posttest control group design. Balance ability was measured by Time Up and Go Test (TUGT) and evaluates fear of falling using Fall Efficacy Scale-International (Thai-FES-I). Data were analyzed by paired sample t-test. The results showed that the experimental group using an Integrated Motor Control Training (IMCT) program had more stability than the control group with statistical significance at .05 and also had higher fear of falling than the control group at .05.
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