Open AccessPENGARUH SENAM TAI CHI TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KESEIMBANGAN DINAMIS PADA LANJUT USIA
Author(s) -
Atik Swandari,
Putri Sukma Rahayu,
Alya Qoriapsari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jurnal ilmiah keperawatan (scientific journal of nursing)/jurnal ilmiah keperawatan (scientific journal of nursing)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2528-3022
pISSN - 2477-4391
DOI - 10.33023/jikep.v7i2.762
Subject(s) - dynamic balance , medicine , balance (ability) , balance test , physical therapy , test (biology) , timed up and go test , normality test , normality , significant difference , physical medicine and rehabilitation , population , paleontology , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , biology , psychiatry
Many elderly people experience a decrease in dynamic balance, a condition which increases the risk of falling. Tai chi is a renowned exercise that can improve the dynamic balance in elderly people. Purpose of the study: In order to prove the effect of Tai chi on the increase of dynamic balance in the elderly. Methods of the study: One group pretest posttest design with 23 subjects of elderly people aged 60-75 years old and given Tai chi twice a week for 30 minutes within one month (8 times). Measurement: Functional Reach Test (FRT) and Time Up and Go Test (TUG). Analysis: Normality test by Saphiro Wilk as well as pretest-posttest different test with paired T-test. Result: Based on the analysis of normality test by Saphiro Wilk on the pretest and posttest, the obtained result is p>0.05 which means the data is normally distributed. In the meantime, the analysis of pretest-posttest difference test with paired T-test results in dynamic balance value before and after Tai chi as much as p<0.05 (p=0.000); and, it also generates the dynamic balance value before and after Tai chi with TUG as much as p<0.05 (p=0.000). This means there is a significant difference between before and after the treatment when measured by Functional Reach Test (FRT) and Time Up and Go Test (TUG). Conclusion: Tai chi improves the dynamic balance in the elderly.