PENGARUH LATIHAN BERJALAN DAN LATIHAN BEBAN TERHADAP KEKUATAN OTOT TUNGKAI BAWAH PADA MANUSIA USIA LANJUT

Abstract

Aging is not a disease, but it is the same as another normal growth process. In older adultcould be found alteration of physic, mental, cognitive, spiritual, and social. Physiologicaldisorders at old people describe inability to self defend and incapable in some level ofactivity, such as mobilization disorder. Measuring mobility could be done by several ways,which are ability to walk, stair climb, and movement. This is an experimental researchdone to groups of older adult at Puskesmas Koja North Jakarta in 1 September 2008 – 30November 2008. Research subject divide to 2 groups with 24 old people in each group.Result shown that muscle strength increasing 4,5% at walk-training group and 25% atweight-training group.

Keywords : muscle strength, walk training, weight training