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Purpose: The purposes of this study were to prove the effect of Traditional Thai on alteration of hand temperature: the immediate effect and short term effect at 10, 20 and 30 minutes and alteration of hand functions in 2 weeks continually in patients with scleroderma. Participants: Twenty patients withscleroderma were diagnosed by rheumatologist following The American college of Rheumatology criterion in diffuse subtype (dcSSc) of Scleroderma (Systemic sclerosis): the classification, subset and pathogenesis criterion. Disease progression was in phase 1-2. The modified Rodnan Skin score (MRSS) at dorsum of forearm, hand and 3rd finger is 0-2 (No hand deformity). Methods: Twenty volunteers participated in this study and were divided into 2 groups. The experimental group (n=10) were treated by Traditional Thai Massage on the upper limbs for 30 min. (15 min on eachside). The control group (n=10) rested in supine position for 30 min. Instrument: Alteration of hand temperature was proven by Thermography, whereas hand function was detected by Hand Mobility in Scleroderma (HAMIS). Analysis: Mean of temperature change in time interval was test by One way repeated measure ANOVA and Median of hand mobility change in time interval was test by Friedman Test Results: The results showed that Traditional Thai Massage group showed significant hand temperature increasing every time period when compared with the control group (p \< 0.05).Hand functions in the Traditional Thai Massage group also showed significant improvement every time period (p
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The purposes of this study were to prove theimmediate and sustained effects (10, 20, and 30minutes) of Traditional Thai Massage on alterationof hand temperature, and the immediate and shortterm (2 weeks follow-up) effects of Traditional ThaiMassage on alteration of hand mobility in patientswith scleroderma. Twenty volunteers participated inthis study and were divided into 2 groups. Theexperimental group (n=10) were treated by TraditionalThai Massage on the upper limbs for 30 min. (15min per limb). After the first treatment, participants inTTM group were treated by their relative every day during 2 weeks. The control group (n=10) rested insupine position for 15 min. Alteration of handtemperature was proven by Thermography, whereashand mobility was detected by Hand Mobility inScleroderma (HAMIS). The results showed that TTMgroup showed significant increasing of handtemperature (the immediate and sustained effects)when compared with the control group (p
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Musculoskeletal disorders are one of the common health problems which can make people discomfort during doing activity or during working and this could affect the quality of their life, family and society. It can arise in every occupation, especially in the industries and also involved in textile occupation. The knowledge of prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder is important information and can be a potential practical guidance to prevent musculoskeletal disorders which will be a good effect for people and economy in their country. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the textile occupation in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Three hundred and twenty-three workers of several divisions of the textile industry were participated in this study. The participants were asked to fill out the Standard Nordic Questionnaire in Thai version. This study found that the top three of the most prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in seven days were shoulder pain (39.7 %, 95 % CI: 34.3 – 45.1), low back pain (36.3 %, 95 % CI: 30.9 – 41.6), and wrist and fingers pain (33.1 %, 95 % CI: 27.9 – 38.3), respectively. The top three of the most prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in twelve months were shoulder pain (49.8 %, 95 % CI: 44.4 – 55.3), low back pain (46.6 %, 95 % CI: 41.1 – 52.2), and neck pain (42.6 %, 95 % CI: 37.0 – 48.1), respectively. And the top three of the most disability which affected by pain were low back pain (27.5 %, 95 % CI: 22.5 – 32.5), hip pain (21.4 %, 95 % CI: 16.9 – 26.0), and shoulder pain (21.4 %, 95 % CI: 16.8 – 26.0), respectively. The findings of the study demonstrated that low back pain was the most frequent problem that was found in the textile industrial workers and could make them absent from work. Therefore, it would be worth to further investigate the risk factors of this problem in the textile industrial workers in order to prevent them suffering from the disorder.
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease characterized by autoimmune overactivation, microvascular endothelium damage and excessive collagen deposition, leading to disability of organ systems in the body, especially hand disability and deformity. The purpose of the pilot study was to determine the immediate effects of traditional Thai massage on alteration of hand temperature and hand functions in patients with scleroderma. Twelve volunteers participated in this study and were divided into 2 groups. The experimental group (n = 6) were treated by traditional Thai massage on the upper limbs for 30 minutes. (15 min on each side). The control group (n = 6) rested in supine position for 15 minutes. Alteration of hand temperature was recorded by Thermography, whereas hand functions were measured by Hand Mobility in Scleroderma (HAMIS). The results showed that the experimental group showed significant increase hand temperature when compared with the control group (P \< 0.05). Hand functions in the experimental group also showed significant improvement (P \< 0.05) when compared with the control group. In conclusion, traditional Thai massage could increase hand temperature and improve hand function in patients with scleroderma. This manual modality may be used as an adjuvant therapy for scleroderma patients.