PENGARUH BRISK WALKING EXERCISE TERHADAP DENYUT NADI ISTIRAHAT PADA LANSIA HIPERTENSI RINGAN DI POSYANDU LANSIA RAMPAL CELAKET
Daftar Isi:
- Background: Aging causes the decreasing of physical activity, function of organ, body endurance, so that the elder easily get a fast heartbeat. Fast heartbeat indicates the bad quality of arteries. It is affected by intrinsic and extrinsic factor. The unstable heartbeat of elder’s resting pulse cause some kinds of cardiovascular disease. Purpose: To identify the impact of brisk walking exercise to the resting pulse of elderly who suffer mild hypertension in Posyandu Rampal Celaket. Research Methodology: This research uses pre-experimental with one group pre-test post-test design approach. The sample is the members of Posyandu Rampal Celaket which has 34 respondent and used purposive sampling technique. Result: The results of normality test used shapiro-wilk and data analysis test uses paired T-test by measuring palpably in the morning, it shows that there is an impact of brisk walking exercise to the resting pulse of elderly who suffer mild hypertension with probability value sig 2 tailed 0.000 < 0.05. Conclusion: There is an impact of brisk walking exercise to the resting pulse of elderly who suffer mild hypertension in Posyandu Rampal Celaket.