The researcher expresses her sincere appreciation
to all community members and community health
nurses in study settings for their involvement and
support to the study; and her gratitude to the Division
of Sport Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery,
Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol
University for non-profit providing the concentric
isokinetic muscle strength testing. This study was
part of the doctoral program supported by a
scholarship from the Commission of Higher
Education, Ministry of Education and was partly
funded by the Thai Health Promotion Foundation.