Physical Therapy Journal of Indonesia
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): January-June 2023

Comparison between contract-relax stretching and McKenzie neck exercise on decreasing pain of upper trapezius muscle in peeling onions workers

Zidni Imanurrohmah Lubis (Physiotherapy Department, Health Science Faculty, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia)
Dianda Rizky Ayu Susanti (Physiotherapy Department, Health Science Faculty, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia)
Atika Yulianti (Physiotherapy Department, Health Science Faculty, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Jun 2023

Abstract

Background: Upper trapezius muscle pain is caused by overuse of the neck, hand, and shoulder muscles with the same movement resulting in decreased oxygen supply to the muscles. The treatments that can be given are contract-relax stretching and Mckenzie neck exercise. Contract relax stretching aims to reduce pain with stretching techniques. McKenzie's neck exercise aims to relax muscles, reduce spasms and return the alignment of the neck to a normal position. Methods: This type of research is a pre-experimental study with two pretest and post-test design groups. This design uses two groups to compare the causal relationship between the independent and dependent variables. The research population was peeling onion workers at CV. Anita Jaya Sukses had upper trapezius muscle pain. The sample of this study is a member of the people that meets the inclusion and exclusion criteria with a total of 18 selections. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. The research instrument used is the numeric rating scale (NRS). Results: The Independent Sample T-Test showed that giving contract-relax stretching and McKenzie neck exercise had a significant value of 0.005 (p< 0.05), so H1 was accepted. Conclusion: There is a difference in the effect between contract-relax stretching and McKenzie neck exercise on reducing upper trapezius muscle pain in onion peel workers' CV. Anita Jaya Sukses and McKenzie's neck exercise has proven more effective.

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Journal Info

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ptji

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Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Neuroscience Nursing Public Health

Description

The Physical Therapy Journal of Indonesia or PTJI is an open access journal that publishes scientifically content two editions per year June and December to promote clinical practice and research in the physical therapy area The Journal aims to promote a lively exchange of ideas between academics ...