Authors: Andi Halimah1, Tiar Erawan2, Hendrik3
1,2&3Department of Physiotherapy, Health Polytechnic of Ministry of Health in Makassar, Indonesia
Abstract
Osteoarthritis knee is a complaint of pain and stiffness in the knee joint when getting up early, especially when sitting to stand while starting to walk as well as up or down stairs. Generally, cause neuromuscular disorders adaptation when walking so that there is the functional pain walking. This study aimed to determine the effect of open-closed chain stabilization exercise with concentric resistance training on the ability change of 6-minute walk test in patients with osteoarthritis knee. This study was conducted at Pelamonia Hospital, Makassar. The type of this research was the quasi-experiment. The sample of osteoarthritis patients who met the criteria was obtained for 24 divided randomly into two groups: the group that was given the concentric resistance training and the group that was given the open-closed chain stabilization exercise to improve the capability of 6-minute walk test, so this research used pretest-posttest with control groups design. The paired t-test showed a significant difference (p = 0.000) with a 6-minute walk test before the concentric resistance test of 319.75 ± 11.226 m and after the concentric resistance exercise 409.17 ± 18.556 m. Similarly, the open-closed chain stabilization exercise showed a significant difference (p = 0,000 <0.05) with a 6-minute walk test before exercise 331,33 ± 35,328 m and after practice 431,42 ± 49,024 m. The independent t-test showed no significant difference (p = 0.163) between the concentric resistance training and the open-closed chain stabilization exercise on the ability of 6-minute walk test of knee osteoarthritis patients. The conclusion of this study is that there is no difference in the effect of concentric resistance training with open-closed chain stabilization exercise on the ability of 6 minute walk test of knee osteoarthritis patient.
Keywords: Stabilization Training Open-Closed Chain, Concentric Resistance Training, 6 Minute Walk Test, Knee osteoarthritis.
