The Effect of Giving Intervention 12 Balance Exercise on Postural Balance in Elderly

Abstract

Elderly is an age group that has a high risk of experiencing health problems. One risk that can be experienced by the elderly is the risk of falling. One of the risk factors for falling in the elderly is decreasing in postural balance of the elderly. One of the non-pharmacological therapies developed to reduce the risk of falling in the elderly is to improve the ability of the elderly, especially in controlling postural balance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of 12 balance exercises to improve postural balance in the elderly. This type of research is quasi experiments with static group comparison. The research data are obtained by researchers using observation sheet, then the data are tabulated. This study involved two research groups namely the control group (the group not given the intervention) and the treatment group (the group that was given the 12 balance exercise intervention). From the results of Paired samples, t-test with significance level α = 0.05 is obtained by the significance value (p) of 0.025. This study shows that the provision of 12 balance therapy exercise strategy is effective to improve postural balance in the elderly as a preventive effort from the risk of falling.