RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE, SERVICE, AND EDUCATION LEVEL AND MUSCLE TENSION BEFORE AND AFTER THE APPLICATION OF STRENGTH ON SAND AND STONE MINING WORKERS

Abstract

The informal sector is experiencing a process of growth that is faster than the formal sector, so that it becomes one of the pillars of the economy in Indonesia, one of the informal sectors that exist in the community is traditional sand and stone mining. Muscle tension is one of the effects of work, muscle tension is a condition of muscle injury that occurs because the muscles are stretched due to physical activity and excessive workload. Things that can be done to reduce or prevent muscle tension, one of which is to stretch. This study aims to determine the relationship between age, tenure and education level with muscle tension before and after stretching. Quasi experiment with the number of respondents 20 workers and data processing using the Wilcoxon test because the data is not normally distributed. The value of muscle tension before stretching is 0.00 while after stretching is 10.50 with a p value of 0.000 (> 0.05).

Workers in the sand and rock mining previously experienced severe muscle tension and moderate muscle tension after the stretching intervention.