Self-Management: A New Eight-Minute Stretching Program for Employees with Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)
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Title
Self-Management: A New Eight-Minute Stretching Program for Employees with Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)
Subject
effectiveness, employees, musculoskeletal disorders
Description
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the main cause of workplace injuries. MSDs are health problems that attack the
body’s propulsion systems, such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage, and nerves. This study aims to determine
the effectiveness of Self-Management: A New Eight-Minute Stretching Program against MSDs in a company X,
Tangerang, Indonesia. A quantitative, quasi-experimental research method using a non-equivalent control group pre-testpost-test design was conducted on 90 respondents, who were divided into two sample groups by using side probability
with a simple random sampling technique. The MSD risk measurement instrument used the Nordic Musculoskeletal
Questionnaire. The results obtained showed that the majority of respondents were adults (51.3%), male (67.2%), and had
more than three years of working experience (43.7%). The results of a Mann–Whitney U test found that there were
differences in the level of complaints about MSDs between the intervention group and the control group (p = 0.00).
However, using Wilcoxon, there were differences in complaints about MSDs during the pre-test and post-tests (p = 0.00).
Based on the research results, it is suggested that every company provide continuous education to employees so that they
can implement this program independently while working or at home. This prevention can reduce complaints of MSDs,
so that, together with reduced complaints, the quality of health will improve
body’s propulsion systems, such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage, and nerves. This study aims to determine
the effectiveness of Self-Management: A New Eight-Minute Stretching Program against MSDs in a company X,
Tangerang, Indonesia. A quantitative, quasi-experimental research method using a non-equivalent control group pre-testpost-test design was conducted on 90 respondents, who were divided into two sample groups by using side probability
with a simple random sampling technique. The MSD risk measurement instrument used the Nordic Musculoskeletal
Questionnaire. The results obtained showed that the majority of respondents were adults (51.3%), male (67.2%), and had
more than three years of working experience (43.7%). The results of a Mann–Whitney U test found that there were
differences in the level of complaints about MSDs between the intervention group and the control group (p = 0.00).
However, using Wilcoxon, there were differences in complaints about MSDs during the pre-test and post-tests (p = 0.00).
Based on the research results, it is suggested that every company provide continuous education to employees so that they
can implement this program independently while working or at home. This prevention can reduce complaints of MSDs,
so that, together with reduced complaints, the quality of health will improve
Creator
Siti Latipah, Shieva Nur Azizah Ahmad
Source
DOI: 10.7454/jki.v27i2.1258
Publisher
Universitas Indonesia
Date
2024
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Rights
pISSN 1410-4490; eISSN 2354-9203
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Files
Collection
Citation
Siti Latipah, Shieva Nur Azizah Ahmad, “Self-Management: A New Eight-Minute Stretching Program for Employees with Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 21, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10950.