Pengaruh Fisiotaping Terhadap Peningkatan Kemampuan Fungsional Pada Pasien Osteoarthritis

Abstract

Abstract: Osteoarthritis, Knee, Fisiotaping, Functional Activity. The aims of the
study was to finded the effect of fisiotaping to increased functional activity in
patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. a research design that is used is One
group pre and post design with control. The research subjects 20 people who
suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee who met the study criteria given fisiotaping
during 6 weeks of treatment. The research location is Clinic of YPAC Surakarta,
Central Java. Measuring Tool used WOMAC Scale. the functional activity
(WOMAC) normality test of data, data are normally distributed then tested with
paired sample t test. The results of the functional significance of the activity
before and after the treatment has a value of p = 0.000 (p <0.05), which means
there fisiotaping effect of increased functional activity.