The Effect of Swiss Ball Exercise on Trunk Flexibility in Adolescents Aged 17-21 Years

2025-02-03T21:36:48+07:00

These activities are mostly spent in a long sitting position while studying, work in front of laptop, or reading where students have to sit for more than 2 hours. Long sitting will result in continuous muscle overuse and body posture imbalance. The high tension of the lower back muscles can cause limited range of motion (ROM) of the vertebrae, resulting in decreased flexibility. In addition, lack of physical activity, especially sports activities that involved the trunk and lumbar will also affect muscle flexibility. This study aims to find the effect of swiss ball exercise on trunk flexibility in teenagers aged 17-21 years old. A one group pre and post test design was conducted on 19 students of Airlangga University’s Vocational School aged 17–21 years old. Meanwhile, sit and reach test was used to evaluate the trunk flexibility. Comparison analysis was done by using paired t-test on EZR (Easy R) application. Analysis of comparison between pre and posttest by using paired t-test revealed p = 0,001 (4,91e-08) with p <0.05 which means that there was a significant difference of sit and reach test before and after treatment. The average of pretest is 30,82±6,91 and posttest is 37,94±5,08. There was a significant effect of the Swiss Ball exercises on trunk flexibility in adolescent aged 17–21 years.

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The Effect of Swiss Ball Exercise on Trunk Flexibility in Adolescents Aged 17-21 Years