PENGARUH OLAHRAGA MASYARAKAT SENAM TERA INDONESIA TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH PADA LANSIA

Abstrak

When aging, a person will experience a lot of decline in the function of organs and body systems. In addition, increasing age will also have an impact on blood pressure in the body which, if left unchecked, can affect the risk of hypertension which will threaten health. This study’s goal was to determine how physical activity or exercise can have an impact on reducing blood pressure in the elderly. This study was conducted 4x meetings at Taman Slamet, Gading Kasri, Klojen, Malang City with a span of 4 weeks and the intensity of 3 meetings a week with 60 minutes each session. The research sample consisted of 33 elderly people who were members of the Tera Indonesia Gymnastics organization taken from a population of 60 elderly people with purposive sampling technique. The instrument is a test using a tensimeter. Data analysis used descriptive statistics and used the help of SPSS version 20 to test the research hypothesis. The results of the study found the effect of tera gymnastic activities significantly on the statistics of lowering blood pressure of the elderly..

Kata kunci

• Blood Pressure
• Elderly
• Exercise
• Tera Gymnastics