其他摘要:The objectives of this work were to develop the dancing art therapy for muscle exercise in elder people and to compare the results of the dancing art therapy before and after the elder people attend the activity. The sample group consisted of 30 elder people aged 60-70 years old who were members of the elderly club of Nong Saeng subdistrict. The findings showed that 1) the format of the dancing art therapy for muscle exercise in the elder people was a combination of principles of physical therapy in the elder people, Thorndike’s learning process and the Thai Puan dancing. This activity took 8 weeks, 3 times/week, 60 minutes/time and total 24 times/activity. 2) Results of the comparison between the muscular performance of elder people before and after attended the activity by using the t-test to test the muscular performances were divided into 4 aspects: 1. Flexibility,2. Muscular Strength, 3. Muscular Endurance, and 4. Balance. These findings revealed that after the elder people attended the activity, all performance of the elder people were better than they were before participated the activity at the significant level of .05 Keyword: Physical / Senior / Dance therapy activities / Thai Puan Community