Satria Nusantara Breathing Exercise Improves the Senior Citizens' Level of Fitness
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Introduction: Aging is a slowly losing process of the ability of tissues to regenerate and keep their normal structure and function in order to stand on from any disturbance, including infection. In older people degeneration of organs like muscles, bones, heart, blood vessels and nerve systems cause decrease in hearty. Satria nusantara gym are an alternative solution to increase hearty. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of satria nusantara gym on fitness level to old people.
Method: The research use the pre eksperimental design by using approach of one group pre test post test design. Sampling technique in this research is non probability sampling by using saturated sampling. Samples taken as much 20 old people which is following satria nusantara gym. Data were analyzed using paired t- test with significance level α≤0.05.
Result: The result showed that satria nusantara gym give positive effect to old people. It can be cocluded that satria nusantara gym cause increase fitness level to old people.
Discussion: It's recommended further research need more variable for representative result.
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