PENGARUH PILATES EXERCISE TERHADAP PENURUNAN OBESITAS SENTRAL MAHASISWI FISIOTERAPI UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
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- Background : Central Obesity is a condition of abdominal fat. The accumulation of fat is caused by the amount of excess fat in subcutaneous fat tissue and visceral abdominal fat. Central obesity is characterized by waist-to-hip ratio of more than 0.85 cm in women and in males 0.90 cm. So the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of pilates exercise on physiotherapy students of university of Muhammadiyah Malang. The results of the preliminary study found 54 physiotherapy students of University of Muhammadiyah Malang feel restless if the size of abdominal circumference exceed the normal limit, and 67 people want to shrink the circumference of the stomach if it exceeds the normal limit. The total of students who participated in the survey were 78 people and as many as 20 people were obese central. Research Method : The research design used in this study was pre experimental with one group pre test – post test approarch. This research was conducted from april to may 2018. Respondent in this research is physiotherapy students of university of Muhammadiyah Malang. The instrument used for data collection is using a midline or measuring tape. The data analysiss used id wilcoxon test using SPSS version 21 Result : the result of wilcoxon test using SPSS application version 21 show the probability (sig 2 tailed) 0,00 < 0,05 then H1 is accepted, so that the result of pilates exercise can decrease central obesity in Physiotherapy student of University of Muhammadiyah Malang. Conclusion : there is the effect of giving pilates exercise for 2 weeks in a row to decreasing central obesity at Physiotherapy Student of University of Muhammadiyah Malang.