Abstract
Low back pain is the most common complaint. About 90% of the causes of LBP are mechanical factors. The normal anatomic structure of the body when used excessively or previously experienced trauma can cause stress or strain on muscles, tendons and ligaments. Actually the pain is minimized by using a back massage. AHCPR (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) guidelines for non-pharmacological acute pain management are suitable interventions. Non-pharmacological interventions that can be done to treat pain are cutaneous stimulation, distraction, relaxation, guided imagination and hypnosis. This study aims to determine the effect of slow stroke back massage cutaneous stimulus on pain intensity in Ladu snack craftsmen (aria pinang) who suffer from low back pain in Pariaman City. The research design used is a quasi experiment. The number of samples is 14 respondents with purposive sampling technique. The independent variable was slow stroke back massage cutaneous stimulus while the dependent variable was pain intensity. This study used the Wilcoxon signed runk test.
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