“Assess The Effectiveness of Directional Movement Exercise on Joint Pain Among Working Women at Selected Area.”

Abstract

“A study to assess the effectiveness of directional movement exercise on joint pain among working women at selected area”.   

AIM OF THE STUDY: To assess the effectiveness of directional movement exercise on joint pain among working women at selected area.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: Quasi - experimental with pre-test post-test control group design was adapted to this study. The study was conducted among working women with joint pain at selected area. 60 sample were selected for the study using simple random sampling technique and they were divided into two group. Data collection was done by using demographic variables and Numeric pain rating scale to assess the level of joint pain. Directional movement exercise was administered for experimental group. Researcher demonstrates directional movement exercise daily three times for one week. after one week post-test done by researcher using numeric pain rating scale, data was analysed by descriptive and interference statistics. Reliability was assessed using test-retest method.

RESULT: Average reduction in joint pain score in experimental group was 3.7 which was 0.1 in control group. T-value for this test was 16.7 with 58 degrees of freedom. All the p-values are large (greater than 0.05), none of the demographic variable was found to have significant comparison of reduction in joint pain score among working women in experimental and control group.

CONCLUSION: It is concluded that directional movement exercise to the working women with joint pain was effective in reducing the joint pain.