Effectiveness of the brain vitality exercise on physical fitness in elderly with dementia

Aktivitas fisik akan meningkatkan kebugaran jasmani sehingga dapat memperlambat perkembangan kognitif dan penurunan fisik lansia dengan demensia. Demensia merupakan sindrom neurodegeneratif yang timbul karena adanya kelainan bersifat kronis dan progesif disertai dengan gangguan fungsi luhur multipel seperti kalkulasi, kapasitas belajar, bahasa, dan mengambil keputusan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kebugaran jasmani lansia dengan demensia pasca aktivitas fisik dengan senam vitalisasi otak. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu Metode Experimental. 10 subjek yang berusia 60 – 85 tahun dengan demensia ringan diberi perlakuan senam vitalisasi otak selama 12 kali dengan durasi waktu 25 menit. Setelah melakukan aktivitas fisik dilakukan pemeriksaan tes kebugaran jasmani (testing the elderly) yang terdiri dari: 6 minutes walk test (6 MWT), flexibility: Chair seat and reach test (CSRT), Muscle strength and endurance: Chair stand test (CST), dan Arm curl test (ACT), koordinasi dan kelincahan, 8 Foot up and go test (8 FUGT). Hasil penelitian dengan menggunakan uji T menunjukkan bahwa tes kebugaran memberikan hasil yang signifikan pada tes CST, CSRT (p value 0,0296) dan 8 FUGT 6MWT (pvalue 0,0229) pada tingkat kepercayaan 95%.  Kesimpulannya, aktivitas fisik vitalisasi otak berpengaruh terhadap kebugaran jasmani dengan perbaikan tonus otot dan kognitif pada lansia dengan demensia.Physical activity increases physical fitness and therefore, reduces the rate of cognitive and physical decline in elderly with dementia. Dementia is a neurodegenerative syndrome which occurs due to chronic and progressive abnormalities accompanied by multiple sublime functions such as calculations, learning capacity, language, and decision making. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of physical activity using Brain Vitality Exercises on the physical fitness of elderly with dementia. The method used in this study was the Experimental Method. A total of 10 subjects between the ages of 60-85 years with mild dementia, were treated using Brain Vitality Exercises for 12 times with duration of 25 minutes. Furthermore, they were tested for physical fitness (Testing The Elderly) with 6 minutes walk test (6 MWT), flexibility with Chair seat and reach test (CSRT), muscle strength and endurance with Chair stand (CST) and Arm curl test (ACT), coordination and agility with 8 Foot up and go test (8 FUGT) pre and post treatment. The results of this study showed that the fitness test produced significant results on the CST, CSRT (p value of 0.0296) and 8FUGT, 6MWT (p value of 0.0229) with a 95% confidence level. Therefore, Brain Vitality Exercise has an effect on physical fitness with improvement in muscle tone and cognitive ability among the elderly with dementia