Pengaruh Latihan Fisik Rutin Terhadap Penurunan Nyeri Sendi Lutut Pada Lansia Di Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha "Bahagia" Magetan: Penelitian Pra -Experimental

• Main Author: Erlin Kurnia, -
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: RT1-120 Nursing
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/134946/1/Pengaruh%20latihan%20fisik%20rutin%20thd%20penurunan%20sendi%20lutut%20oleh%20Erli.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/134946/; http://lib.unair.ac.id
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Physical exercise is importance for older people with arthritis because it can help to ease joint pain. But the effect of regular physical exercise to reduce knee joint pain has not yet been known clerly. Observation was required to be conducted to observed combination of range of motion exercise, strength exercise and aerobic exercise in reducing knee joint pain. This study was aimed to analyze the effect of regular exercise to reduce knee joint pain in older people. Design used in this study was pre-post nonrandomized experiment design. The sample was all older people with joint knee pain who fulfill inclution criteria in "Bahagia" Tresna folk home Elderly, Magetan (1 0 respondents). The intervention are range of motion exercise (once time a day, first a week), combination range of motion exercise,strength exercise and aerobic exercise (range of motion and strength was given once a day, aerobic was given once in two days for 3 weeks). Independent variable is regular exercise. Dependent variable is knee joint pain. Data were collection using structured interview and respondent observation. Data were analyzed using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with level of significance of= 0,05. Result show that regular physical exercise can reduce knee joint pain in older people (p = 0,0 18). There was a change on level of knee joint pain, approximately from extremely severe to severe knee joint pain. It can be concluded that regular physical exercise can reduce knee joint pain in older people with arthritis. Further experiment should involve larger respondents and better measurement tools to obtain more accurate results.