PERBEDAAN KESEIMBANGAN BERDASARKAN JENIS KELAMIN DAN USIA 20-65 TAHUN, RASIO LINGKAR PINGGANG PANGGUL (RLPP) SERTA PENDIDIKAN MASYARAKAT KELURAHAN DUREN SAWIT JAKARTA TIMUR TAHUN 2012

Abstract

Balance is an ability to keep the human Central Of Gravity (CoG). Mostly older people have some troubles with their balance compared to the younger people. This study was to investigate the effects of balance of Functional Reach Test. Besides age, some other factors that could influence the balance of human were sex (gender), waist-to-hip ratio, and education. This study was held at Duren Sawit, East Jakarta 2012. This study used cross-sectional with population 20-65 years old. The interventions was Functional Reach Test that directly observed the balance of population. The data was analyzed by Cross Tabulation and Chi Square Test to see the significant value. Study result showed that there were differences of the balance of human. Depend on all factors related to age, sex, waist-to-hip ratio, and education using Functional Reach Test