Pengaruh Back Massage Terhadap Tingkat Nyeri Low Back Pain Pada Kelompok Tani Semangka Mertha Abadi Di Desa Yeh Sumbul
Abstract: Low back pain is one
of the musculoskeletal problems due to worse activity and causes the incurrence
of sore, pain, and hurt. Pain management can be surmounted by
non-pharmacological therapy through back massage. Back massage is a technique
of giving massage on the back with smooth swab. This study aimed at knowing the
influence of back massage towards the low back pain level to the Mertha Abadi
watermelon farmers group. This study was pre experimental research, with one
group pretest-posttest design. Sample consisted of 30 members of watermelon
farmers which were chosen through purposive sampling. The data was analyzed
with statistical test using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with the result obtained
that p value 0,001 was less than α=0,05 (p<0,05) meant Ho was rejected and
the hypotheses in this study was accepted, therefore it could be concluded that
there was a significant influence of back massage towards the low back pain
level to the Mertha Abadi watermelon farmers group in Yeh Sumbul village. Based
on the result of this study, back massage is really needed to be applied in
order to reduce pain to the low back pain patients.
Keywords: back massage, low
back pain
Penulis: I Made Dwie Pradnya
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Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd170010