Abstract
This study aims to determine the effect of Swedish massage and sports massage on fatigue recovery in laborers or coolies. This study uses an experimental method with a "two group’s pre-test-post-test design" design. The population in this study were coolie workers or laborers who worked for 7-8 hours every day, totalling 22 people. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique. Inclusion criteria for male research subjects with an age range of 25-30 years, heavy workers who use their muscles and energy to work. The instrument in this study used a job fatigue questionnaire in the form of a work fatigue questionnaire. Data analysis used t-test with a significance level of 5%. The results showed that (1) there was an effect of Swedish massage on fatigue recovery in laborers or coolies. (2) There is an effect of sport massage on fatigue recovery in laborers or coolies, amounting to. (3) Sport massage is better than Swedish massage on fatigue recovery in laborers or coolies.
Highlights
Work is an activity that is carried out by every human being to earn money as a medium of exchange for fulfilling their needs(Alimuddin, 2020)
(2) There is an effect of sport massage on fatigue recovery in laborers or coolies, amounting to. (3) Sport massage is better than Swedish massage on fatigue recovery in laborers or coolies
The results showed that sport massage was more effective than Swedish massage in reducing the level of fatigue experienced by coolies or laborers
Summary
Work is an activity that is carried out by every human being to earn money as a medium of exchange for fulfilling their needs(Alimuddin, 2020). The types of work carried out are various, there are those who work as office workers and as laborers. Physical fatigue can appear when doing activities that exceed the capacity of their physical abilities. Work fatigue can cause physiological and psychological fatigue(Kahpi, 2020). Symptoms that arise from physiological work fatigue can be felt from the appearance of pain in the muscles, stiffness or spasms in certain parts to excessive sleepiness, discomfort and boredom, which are effects that arise from increased lactic acid as a result of the body's metabolic processes work continuously(Puspitasari, 2020)
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