title: Rusie Dutton traditional Thai exercise promotes health related physical fitness and quality of life in menopausal women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the effects of "Rusie Dutton" on health and quality of life in menopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Menopausal women (aged 45-59) were recruited and randomly allocated to 2 groups. Rusie Dutton group (n = 24) practiced Rusie Dutton conducted by Wat Pho Thai Traditional Massage School for 13 weeks. The control group (n = 26) was assigned to a waiting list and received no intervention. BW, BMI, restingHR, BP, flexibility, VO2max, and MENQOL including vasomotor, physical, psychosocial and sexual domains were measured at the beginning and the end. A paired-sample t-test and independent sample t-test were used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant improvement was found in all variables within group (p < .05) in Rusie Dutton group, and a significant difference between groups was found (p < .05) in all variables except BW and BMI. Therefore, it is concluded that the traditional Thai exercise Rusie Dutton can promote health related physical fitness and QOL in menopausal women.
authors: Faculty of Sports Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Electronic address: ng_kanit2000@yahoo.com.
authors: Kanit
authors: K
authors: Ngowsiri
authors: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. Electronic address: prasong98@gmail.com.
authors: Prasong
authors: P
authors: Tanmahasamut
authors: Faculty of Sports Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Electronic address: jakkrit.ng@nhso.go.th.
authors: Suchitra
authors: S
authors: Sukonthasab
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000628:therapy; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008593:Menopause / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D013785:Thailand; D015013:Yoga
keywords: Menopause; Mind-body exercise; Physical fitness; Quality of life; Rusie Dutton