Jurnal NERS
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2007): April 2007 - September 2007

Manfaat Senam Lansia Terhadap Kadar Imunoglobulin G (IgG)

Tintin Sukartini (Fakultas Keperawatan Universitas Airlangga Kampus C Mulyorejo, Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Jul 2017

Abstract

Introduction: The health problem is frequently found for elderly with age more than 55 years old. It has adverse effect on cardiovascular and Immunological system. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of elderly exercise on the increase of fitness in Elderly.Methods:The design of this study was quasy experiment design involving two groups subject. The study took 12 respondents of elderly recruited by purposive sampling. The independent variable was elderly exercise and the dependent variable was IgG. Data were collected by laboratory test and analyzed by using t-test with significance level of a ≤ 0.05.Result:  showed that elderly exercise had significant effect on the IgG level (p = 0,002).Conclusion: Further studies are recommended on the effect of elderly exercise on the increase immunity system concerning with the role of interferon gamma.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JNERS

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Subject

Nursing

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The scope of this journal includes studies that intend to examine and understand nursing health care interventions and health policies which utilize advanced nursing research. The journal also committed to improve the high quality research by publishing analytic techniques, measures, and research ...