Pengaruh Passive Stretching Exercise Terhadap Perubahan Fleksibilitas Hamstring Pada Kasus Osteoartritis Genu Di Rumah Sakit Dr.Soepraoen Kota Malang

Abstract

Objective: Flexibility is the ability of a muscle to be stretched as much as possible so that the body can move freely without any discomfort/ pain. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of passive stretching exercise on changes in hamstring flexibility in patients with genu osteoarthritis at dr. Soepraoen  Malang HospitalMethods:  This study used a pre-experimental design with the design used in this study was one group pretest-posttest. This study used genu osteoarthritis patients at dr. Soepraoen Malang Hospital, as many as 20 patients, using a purposive sampling method using Wilcoxon Test data analysisResults:  The results showed that there was an effect of passive stretching exercise on changes in hamstring flexibility in genu osteoarthritis patients at  dr. Soepraoen Malang Hospital , the Wilcoxon Test's significance value is 0.002