Open AccessTHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APPLYING PILATES EXERCISE AND PNF STRETCHING ON LUMBAL FLEXIBILITY OF TEENAGE GIRL 16-18 YEARS OLD
Author(s) -
Ni Putu Dita Kristinayanti,
I Made Niko Winaya,
I Made Muliarta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
majalah ilmiah fisioterapi indonesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2722-0443
pISSN - 2303-1921
DOI - 10.24843/mifi.2019.v07.i02.p01
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , physical therapy , girl , significant difference , lumbar , balance (ability) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , static stretching , test (biology) , medicine , range of motion , surgery , mathematics , developmental psychology , statistics , paleontology , biology
Flexibility refers to the range of possible movement about a joint and an elongation of muscle to the maximum to vary one's physical working environment to get freedom of movement. Interventions that can be given are Pilates Exercise and PNF Stretching. The result of hypothesis test with paired sample t-test on Group Pilates Exercise got increase 9.64 cm (p= 0.000) while at Group PNF Stretching got increase 10.75 cm (p= 0.000). Independent t-test was used to examine the increasing difference between the Group Pilates Exercise and Group PNF Stretching with result p= 0.402. These results indicate that there is no significant difference in improving the lumbar flexibility on teenage girl aged 16-18 years oldKeywords: Lumbar Flexibility, Pilates Exercise, PNF Stretching