Rheumatic Calisthenics To Improve Functional Status Of Elderly Suffering From Joint Pain

— The disease process of the elderly can threaten the independence and quality of life by burdening the ability to perform personal care and daily activities. Elderly with mild functional decline and impaired activity can improve functional status by reducing joint pain during activity and prevent the joint inflammation process becomes more severe, can be used method of joint body movement that needed. This study was aimed to determine the effect of rheumatic callisthenic on the functional status of elderly with a history of joint pain. This study utilized a pretest-posttest with control group design. The sample involved 40 elderly for each group who were assigned by purposive sampling method. Data analyses used the paired and two sample t test with α = 0,05. The result of the study showed there was significant differences in the BADL values of respondents in treatment group before and after doing rheumatic callisthenic (t(40)=6,904, P=0,001) and in the IADL values as well (t(40)=4,281, P=0,001). At analysis showed there was differences in the BADL (F=76,583, P=0.001) and IADL values(F=19,004, P=0,001) between treatment group and control group. Conclusion: There is positive effect of rheumatic calisthenics on functional status of elderly with joint pain in conducting Activity Daily Living (ADL).