PENERAPAN LATIHAN RANGE OF MOTION DALAM MENINGKATKANKEKUATAN OTOT PADA LANSIA POST STROKE DI GAMPONG LAMBARO SUKON KECAMATAN DARUSSALAM KABUPATEN ACEH BESAR

PENERAPAN LATIHAN RANGE OF MOTION DALAM MENINGKATKANKEKUATAN OTOT PADA LANSIA POST STROKE

Abstract

Stroke is a loss of brain function caused by stopping blood supply to parts of the brain. Muscle strength is the ability of muscles to contract and generate force. things that usually affect muscle strength, such as surgery, injury, or certain diseases such as stroke. Range of motion (ROM) exercise itself is a joint motion exercise to maintain and maintain muscle strength. This type of research is descriptive with data collection techniques in the form of observation. Data collection was carried out from April 7 to April 13 2018 with 2 respondents. The results showed that there was a change in the level of muscle strength in one of the subjects after being given the application of Range Of Motion exercises. The recommendation from the results of this study is that this Range Of Motion exercise can be applied or applied to nursing care for patients with stroke. The number of references that the researchers used was 19 references with 5 books and 14 journals