@thesis{thesis, author={Luawo Nurfauzia N.}, title ={PENGARUH SENAM OSTEOPOROSIS TERHADAP PENIGKATAN AKTIVITAS FISIK PADA LANSIA DI DESA MOLANIHU KABUPATEN GORONTALO}, year={2022}, url={http://repository.umgo.ac.id/281/}, abstract={Elderly is an age group in humans who have entered the final stages of the life phase, when they are young all muscles and bones function properly but when they reach old age, muscle and bone strength will automatically decrease, more visible when entering the age of 65 years. The elderly who are less physically active or less mobile will experience various health problems. One of the efforts to slow down the decline in the ability of the elderly due to aging is to do physical exercise such as osteoporosis exercise. The purpose was to determine the effect of Osteoporosis Exercise on Increasing Physical Activity in the Elderly in Molanihu Village, Gorontalo Regency. The design of this research is a quasi-experimental quantitative research with one group pretest posttest approach. The population in was the elderly in Molanihu Village with a total of 67. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with a sample of 18 elderly. The statistical test used is Wilcoxon. The results showed that the average level of physical activity before osteoporosis exercise treatment was 1,064 METs and the average level of physical activity after osteoporosis exercise treatment was 1,535 METs with a P-value = 0.000. It can be concluded that there is a significant effect of osteoporosis exercise on increasing physical activity in the elderly in Molanihu Village. Therefore, it is recommended that the elderly can continue osteoporosis exercise, it can have a good and beneficial effect on increasing the physical activity of the elderly} }