PERBANDINGAN KOMBINASI ABDOMINAL STRETCHING DAN CORE STRENGTHENING EXERCISE DENGAN KOMBINASI ABDOMINAL STRETCHING DAN PILATES EXERCISE DALAM MENURUNKAN INTENSITAS DISMENORE PRIMER

Every adolescent woman will go through puberty marked by menstruation. At the time of the menstrual phase is usually accompanied by pain, this complaint is called dysmenorrhea. Pain that is felt can interfere with daily activities. There are several methods that can be given to reduce pain that is felt during menstruation. Among them are abdominal stretching, core strengthening, and pilates exercise methods that aim to reduce pain and increase muscle strength around the abdomen to the pelvis. This study aims to determine which is more effective between the abdominal stretching and core strengthening excercise methods than the abdominal stretching and pilates exercises method in reducing the intensity of primary dysmenorrhea.This study uses an experimental design with pre-test and post-test control group design. The study was conducted at Dwijendra High School Denpasar, Bali with a sample of 28 people who had a primary dysmenorrhea category with moderate to severe pain degrees, divided into 2 treatment groups. Group I was given abdominal stretching and core strengthening exercise, group II was given abdominal stretching and pilates exercises. The measuring instrument used in this study was the Visual Analytical Scale (VAS). Distribution in this study used Wilcoxon and man whitney analysis because the data are not normally distributed.The results in this study used the abdominal stretching and core strengthening exercise reduce the intensity of primary dysmenorrhea with a significant value of p = 0.001 with a median VAS value of 6.29 to 4.79, the abdominal stretching and pilates excercise reduce the intensity of primary dysmenorrhea with a significant value of p = 0.001 with a median VAS value of 5.93 to 4.29. There was not difference between group I and group II, test (P=0,178), post tes (P=0,173), dan perubahan (P=0,561) The conclusion of this study is that there is equal in effectiveness between the methods of abdominal stretching and core strengthening with abdominal stretching and pilates exercises in reducing the intensity of primary dysmenorrhea