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Impact of Running Exercise Duration on Leg Muscle Strength among the people Joining Indorunners Bandung Community Sirait, Agaprita Eunike; Pratiwi, Yuni S.; Megawati, Ginna
Althea Medical Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2017)
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Background: Indorunners Bandung is a community for runners that has a routine exercise schedule for running around the city of Bandung. Exercise, like running, if is conducted in an accurate duration may improve physical fitness. One of the aspects of physical fitness is leg muscles strength. Many people fail to fathom the importance of exercise duration, so, they fail to get the benefit. The aim of this study was to discover the impact of running exercise duration on leg muscles strength among the people joining Indorunners Bandung community.Methods: A comparative study was conducted to 41 people, 31 males and 10 females, of Indorunners Bandung community from September to November 2015. Each participant filled a questionnaire about his/her personal data, and then was grouped by his/her duration of exercise per week, which were 150 minutes/week, 150–299 minutes/week, and 300 minutes/week or more. The respondents were measured for their leg muscles strength. The data collected were analyzed using ANOVA test.Results: There was significant difference of lower extremities muscle strength both in men (p<0.001) and women (p=0.029). These results showed that there was a difference in leg muscles strength among the people joining Indorunners Bandung community with different exercise duration per week.Conclusions: There is a difference in leg muscles strength among the people joining Indorunners Bandung community with different exercise duration per week. [AMJ.2017;4(1):69–72]DOI: 10.15850/amj.v4n1.672 
Balance, General Cognition and Lower Motoric Strength in Elderly: Tai Chi Versus Brisk Walking Anam, Steven Kelvin; Moelino, Marina A.; Pratiwi, Yuni S.
Althea Medical Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2017)
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Background: The number of elderly in Indonesia continues to increase. A better quality of life can be achieved by preventing reduction of elderly’s cognition, balance and strength of the lower extremities. Tai Chi has been suggested as one of the sports to maintain cognition, balance and lower extremity strength for elder people. However, there are still few studies that compare Tai Chi to other exercises. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of practicing Tai Chi verrsus brisk walking.Methods: The study design was observational, cross-sectional. Elderly who practiced Tai Chi and Brisk-walk in Tegalega sport field were chosen as the target population. The respondents must be at least 60 years old, no history of cardiovascular disease in the last 3 months, no musculoskeletal complaints, no obvious signs and symptoms of chronic diseases. Afterwards, the respondents were examined using Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test for balance, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for cognition and leg dynamometer for the lower extrimities strength. The collected data was analyzed using Mann-Whitney statistical test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.Results: No significant difference was detected among the three parameters between Tai Chi group (TCG) and Brisk Walking group (BWG). Difference of 0.5 (p=0.314) and 0.6 (p=0.554) was found for TUG Test and MoCA Test between TCG and BWG using Mann Whitney. The leg dynamometer was tested using Kolmogorov-smirnov (p = 1.00).Conclusions: Similar result of balance, cognition, and lower motor strength are found between TCG and BWG.  DOI: 10.15850/amj.v4n2.1063
Fall Risk Based on Timed Up and Go Test in Elderly at Nursing Home in West Java, Indonesia Selvadurai, Thiruchelvam; Prabowo, Tertianto; Pratiwi, Yuni S.
Althea Medical Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2017)
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Background: Falls are major cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly patients. Mobility assessment is important in preventing  falls in elderly. This study was conducted to determine the level of fall risk in elderly people at Karitas Cimahi Nursing Home, West Java, Indonesia by using ‘timed up and go test’(TUG).Methods:This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at Karitas Cimahi Nursing Home from June–November 2013. The risk of falls was categorized into two; high and low risk of falls. High risk of falls indicated when the participants complete the TUG test with time taken >10 seconds, and low risk of falls indicated when the time taken is <10 seconds. To identify the level of fall risk in elderly people the test which is recommended by the American Geriatric Society was used. The sampling technique used was total sampling. Data was analyzed and presented by using frequency tables.Results: From a total of 32 elderly population at Karitas Cimahi Nursing Home, a total of 20 participated in this study. The ‘Timed up and go test’ result for all the participants were >10 seconds. Conclusions: The level of fall risk in elderly people at Karitas Cimahi Nursing Home based on the  test showed  that all participants,  both male and female, regardless of using assistive device have high level risk of falls. [AMJ.2017;4(1):83–6] DOI: 10.15850/amj.v4n1.1025
Co-Authors Anam, Steven Kelvin Ginna Megawati Moelino, Marina A. Selvadurai, Thiruchelvam Sirait, Agaprita Eunike Tertianto Prabowo