<![CDATA[Among all the health conditions of the elderly, complaints of low back and knee pain caused by osteoarthritis are the most important cause of disability worldwide (Hoy, D., March, L., Brooks, P., 2014). The prevalence of joint disease in Indonesia is also quite high, at 24.7%. At ages 45-54 the prevalence is 37.2%, ages 55-64 is 45.0%, ages 65-74 is 51.9% and ages over 75 is 54.8% (RISKESDAS, 2013). The prevalence of joint disease based on diagnosis by health workers or symptoms was highest in East Nusa Tenggara (33.1%), followed by West Sumatra (33%), West Java (32.1%), and Bali (30%) (RISKESDAS, 2013). . Physical exercise in general can help recovery after the acute period has passed. Common physical exercises include gymnastics for the elderly. In special circumstances such as rheumatism, physical exercise is needed which has different movements from other exercises. Specific physical exercises aimed at the muscles and joints that are impaired. One of its implementations is rheumatic gymnastics which involves movements to stretch and strengthen the muscles that support joints that are damaged or disturbed by rheumatic diseases. When the muscles supporting the joints are strengthened, joint pain will decrease. Rheumatic gymnastics is a form of physical exercise that has a good effect on increasing the ability of joint muscles which can provide fitness and increase endurance. The general objective of this activity is to foster family understanding in RW 03 Pajajaran Village, working area of the Pasirkaliki Public Health Center, Bandung City, about rheumatic exercises with a combination of citronella oil, which are efficacious for reducing knee pain and increasing range of motion in sufferers of joint diseases. The activity of implementing this community service is in the form of an effort to apply rheumatic gymnastics with a combination of citronella oil through empowering cadres and families in RW 03 Pajajaran Sub-District Working Area of the Pasirkaliki Health Center Bandung City Community service services from Cadre women and families to the community in the Pajajaran sub-district area in disseminating the results the training is in the implementation of community service efforts to apply rheumatic gymnastics with a combination of fragrant citronella oil in their environment. The expected outputs from the implementation of the Rheumatic Gymnastics Application with a combination of citronella oil through empowering health cadres in RW 03 Pajajaran sub-district are coaching services and services for cadre groups to gain understanding and attitudes in handling and preventing the severity of a disease. Furthermore, the results of ongoing training and coaching can be conveyed and disseminated to the community in the Pajajaran Village environment]]>
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