Hydrotheraphy terhadap Spastik Otot Anak Cerebral Palsy di Sekolah Luar Biasa

Abstract

Cerebral Palsy is a condition that occurs due to damage to brain development, which results in impaired motor function in childhood, due to spastic muscles. Stiff muscles and movement disorders in Cerebral Palsy sufferers, affect their ability and independence in daily life and can cause several complications. Hydrotherapy is a treatment modality to improve motor skills and motor control and independence, and social skills. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of Hydrotherapy on Spastic Muscles in children with cerebral palsy at SLB Bangun Bangsa Surabaya. This study uses a pre-experimental design model The one group pretest-posttest design, was carried out at SLB Bangun Bangsa Surabaya. The research subjects were 20 children with cerebral palsy, who were selected using purposive sampling. The independent variable is hydrotherapy, and the dependent variable is spastic muscle. Data were collected using observation sheets and analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank test with a 95% confidence level. Children's muscle spastic after the intervention showed a lower mean score than before the intervention. The results of the bi-variate analysis showed that there was a significant effect of hydrotherapy on spastic muscles in children with cerebral palsy. Hydrotherapy can be one of the therapies that can be carried out at home with the family to support other therapies that have been carried out.
 Keywords : Hydrotherapy, muscle spastic, cerebral palsy