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Siti Khadijah Jannati
Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia

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Efficacy of Prayer Movement on the Back Flexibility in Students Siti Khadijah Jannati
Arkus Vol. 7 No. 1 (2021): ARKUS
Publisher : HM Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37275/arkus.v7i1.91

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Flexibility is one component of body fitness needed for daily activities, such as bending, running, and walking. Human flexibility significantly increases in childhood and reaches its peak in adolescence. One of the exercises related to increasing lower back flexibility is stretching exercise in the form of Islamic prayers five times a day. This study was conducted to know the effect of stretching exercise on lower back flexibility in students age 12-15 years. This research is analytical observational research with a cross-sectional design using proportionate stratified random sampling. The subject of the research is 70 students of the Islamic school and 70 students of public school in Kota Jambi. Lower back flexibility is measured by the Sit and Reach Test. The Mann-Whitney Test analyzed data. There is a significant difference between lower back flexibility of Islamic school that do stretching exercise and lower back flexibility of public school that does not include stretching exercise (p = 0,000). Stretching exercise in the form of Islamic prayer increases lower back flexibility.