Anggun Permata Sari, Randi Kurniawan, Pudia M. Indika, Tertiana S. Wulan, Donal Syafrianto, Dessi Novita Sari
This study aims to prove how effective aerobic gymnastics is in reducing blood pressure in hypertension sufferers for 4 weeks, carried out 3 times a week in 40 level 1 hypertensive sufferers aged 25 years and over who were divided into 2 groups, namely taking medication vs not taking medication. Unstable changes in blood pressure will affect someone who rarely gymnastics. If someone is stressed, unstable blood will be very dangerous because it can cause disease, including stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease. We can control this with pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapy, one of which is by taking hypertension medication and aerobic gymnastics. Aerobic gymnastics is a low impact sport that can activate the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal axis (HPA axis) to release endorphin and enkephalin hormones, thereby providing a relaxing effect on someone who does it. This research used an experimental method (experimental research), consisting of 2 groups with aerobic gymnastics interventions, namely the group not taking medication and those taking medication. The effectiveness of aerobic gymnastics treatment was measured by comparing the blood pressure of the group given aerobic gymnastics to patients taking hypertension medication with the blood pressure results of the group given aerobic gymnastics to patients not taking medication. The data analysis used paired to t test. The results showed that the blood pressure in both groups experienced a significant decrease with p = 0.000 for systolic blood pressure and 0.000 for diastolic blood pressure. After the mean difference test, it was discovered that the group that had more reduction in blood pressure was the aerobic gymnastics intervention group who took hypertension medication because the heart valves that previously experienced sclerosis and thickening gradually return to normal, the myocardium is no longer stiff, the heart muscle contracts, stroke volume and cardiac output no longer increase. The conclusion of this study is that aerobic with hypertension who participate in gymnastics have a reduction in blood pressure with the biggest reduction in hypertensive sufferers who take medication. © JPES.
Department of Sport Science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia; Departement of Midwife Professional Education, Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Bali, Indonesia; Department of Sport Education, Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia
