HUBUNGAN POSTUR DUDUK SOPIR TRAVEL SAAT MENGEMUDI DENGAN KELUHAN NYERI PUNGGUNG BAWAH
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- Background: Lower back pain complaint is a pain felt in the lower back that originates from the spinal region of the spine, muscles, tendons, join tissues, nerves and ligaments with or without tissue degeneration which is caused by work. However, a travel driver is worker provides transportation service that has a high workload while driving a vehicle that does not work ergonomically. Therefore, it is has a rick in order to increase lower back pain. The aim of this study is to find out the relationship between the travel driver’s sitting postures while driving with complaints of lower back pain. RESEARCH METHODE: This research used descriptive way by croo-sectional research design. The sample used was travel driver in may 2017 (n=31). The variable studied was the travel driver’s sitting posture and lower back complaint. In addition, analysis data used shi-square (significant height α= 0,05, p-value <α). FINDINGS : Grounded on the cross tabulation between travel driver’s sitting posture while driving with complaint of lower back pain showed that the major respondents were not included in right sitting posture was about twenty five people (80,6%) and the majority of lower back pain complaint were the most dominant pain was about twenty two people (71%). The result of analysis showed that Ho was rejected and Hi was accepted. There was a relationship between the travel driver’s sitting postures while driving with complaint of lower back pain in Malang city by using if shi-square statistical test ρ = 0.043> α = 0.05 (5%). CONCLUSION: In this study, the researcher found that there was a relationship between the travel drivers sitting postures while driving with complaint of lower back pain. And many other studies stated that there was a relationship between sitting posture with lower back pain complaint. In a nutshell, evaluation and supervision was very important to be conducted by the travel agent against the driver.