PENGARUH KOMBONASI RETROWALKING EXERCISE DAN STATIC CONTRACTION DALAM PENINGKATAN FUNGSI ACTIVITY DAILY LIVING PADA PEMETIK TEH RISIKO OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE

The tea picker job involves a lot of standing, wich puts pressure on the knees.
This routine activity can cause musculoskeletal problems, such as
osteoarthritis, which can reduce tea pickers’ daily living activity in tea pickers
at risk of osteoarthritis which can be handled by retrowalking exercise and
static contraction in increasing the function of daily living activity in tea pickers
at risk of knee osteoarthritis. Research Methods: This study used a quasi –
experimental design (one group desihn pre – test and post – test) involving 31
sampels of tea pickers. This research was cinducted for 4 weeks with 3 times
a combination of retrowalking exercise and static contraction in a week. This
study uses The Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index
(WOMAC) as an instrument to regulate daily living activity risk of knee
osteoarthritis in tea pickers. Results : The test using the Paired Sample t Test
showed a value of 0.000 (p < 0.05) which means that it has a normal
contribution. Conclusion : There is an effect of a combination of retrowalking
exercise and static contraction in increasing daily living activity risk of knee
osteoarthritis in tea pickers. Suggestion : For future researchers, the result of
study can be used as a reference for students, educator and physiotherapy
regarding the effect of the combination of retrowalking exercise and static
contraction on increasing the function of daily living activities in the risk takers
of knee osteoarthritis.