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This study is motivated by the low level of students’ learning concentration in the classroom, which is reflected in behaviors such as drowsiness, lack of focus, and limited participation during learning activities. These conditions are generally caused by less varied teaching methods and a lack of activities that actively engage students. Therefore, this study aims to examine the use of brain gym–based ice breaking activities to reduce drowsiness and improve students’ concentration. The method employed in this research is a literature review, involving the analysis of various relevant academic sources, including journals, books, and research articles. The findings indicate that integrating ice breaking activities with brain gym techniques has a positive impact on the learning process. This approach is shown to enhance concentration, memory, and students’ readiness to learn. In addition, the simple movements in brain gym can help increase oxygen flow to the brain, making students feel more refreshed and focused. In conclusion, brain gym–based ice breaking can serve as an effective, innovative, and enjoyable instructional strategy to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom.

Background Back : Development motor fine is one of the aspect important in grow flower child age preschool that plays a role in support readiness learning and activities everyday . However , it is not all child experience optimal development so required proper stimulation . One of the methods that can used is exercise brain (brain gym), namely a series movement simple with purpose optimize function brain . Purpose Research : Research This aim For know effectiveness of Brain Gym on development motor smooth on children ages 3–5 years in the work area Subdistrict Batam City. Research methods​ This use pre- experimental design with one-group pretest-posttest approach . Sample A total of 31 children were taken use total sampling technique . Measurement development motor fine done using KPSP before and after intervention . Data analysis was carried out with paired sample t-test. Results: Research results show existence improvement development motor fine after given brain gym intervention . Before intervention , partly big child is in the category development doubtful (64.5%), whereas after intervention all over children (100%) are in the category in accordance development . Statistical test results show p -value = 0.000 (<0.05), which means there is influence significant effect of brain gym on development motor fine child . Conclusion: research This show that Brain Gym is effective in increase development motor fine child age preschool . Therefore that , Brain Gym can recommended as method stimulation development children in the neighborhood education and public.

This literature review examines the effectiveness of Brain Gym as an intervention to improve children's learning concentration. Brain Gym is a series of physical movements developed to enhance brain function. Several studies in the last decade have suggested that Brain Gym activities can positively influence children's attention span and cognitive performance, particularly in educational settings. Through a review of 20 empirical studies published between 2015 and 2024, this study finds consistent evidence of improved focus and academic engagement among children who participated in regular Brain Gym exercises. The findings suggest that Brain Gym can serve as a complementary approach to conventional teaching strategies, especially for elementary-level learners. Implications for educators and future research are discussed.

When someone enters old age, symptoms such as senility or difficulty remembering new information often appear. This condition is known as dementia, a syndrome characterized by decreased cognitive function, behavioral changes, memory impairment, disorientation, and difficulty communicating and making decisions. This community service program aims to provide information and understanding about how to handle dementia that can be done at home. Activities are carried out through a counseling method consisting of a pre-test, education, and post-test, using leaflets and questionnaires containing questions to measure the level of understanding of participants. The results of the counseling showed an increase in participant knowledge, as seen from the comparison of the graph between the pre-test and post-test results. Education accompanied by brain gymnastics practices has been shown to have a positive impact on increasing participants' understanding of dementia and how to handle it. It is hoped that this counseling will continue to provide benefits to participants and can be applied in everyday life.

Mojolaban is one of the sub-districts in Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java. Mojolaban Sub-district has a Health Center as its role in the field of public health at the first level with 2 health centers, namely Mojolaban Health Center as the main health center and Jati Malang Health Center as a supporting health center. The 10 largest number of diseases in Mojolaban Health Center is in the elderly. When the elderly experience a degenerative process due to the aging process, one of which is changes in the neurological system so that the elderly experience cognitive decline. The purpose of this program is to help provide education, prevention and maintain these changes so that they do not worsen. The method used is education in the form of counseling and providing leaflets to the Healthy Jaya Abadi Elderly Post Community in Wirun Village. The results of the pre-test and post-test questionnaires to assess understanding showed a significant increase in understanding with an average pre-test value of 20% and an average post-test value of 80%.

Introduction: ED (Eating Disorders) is one of the most difficult mental disorders to treat and treat, and the cost is even higher than schizophrenia. Secondary somatic complications due to malnutrition, severe weight loss and low levels of micronutrients. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a combination of interventions such as Expression Head Massage, Myofacial Release, Neurosenso Komplit, General Massage, Patterning, Play Therapy, Brain Gym, Oral Reflex Stimulation. Method: A single-subject study was conducted on a 22-month-old child with ED. Results: The results of the sensory examination evaluation showed an increase in sensory in the child. Conclusion: A 22-month-old child was diagnosed with Eating Disorder, initially given physiotherapy, the child did not want to eat rice at all, only wanted to drink milk and sometimes the child liked to hit and bite, but after doing routine physiotherapy and home programs, now the child is willing to feed 15 mouthfuls of rice and focus on the child has also begun to exist and the child's balance is increasing.

Brain Gym assistance at SDIT AL-Ghazali, Palangka Raya City, Central Kalimantan Province, MBKM students innovate by implementing wake bounding with varied greetings as a form of their dedication to the school. They do this by accompanying Brain Gym in the morning to improve students' fitness and behavior in order to increase their enthusiasm before starting learning activities. The aim of these varied greetings is to make activities at Brain Gym more fun and interesting for students. The ABCD (Asset Based Community Development) method was used in this research. Inculturation, discovery, design, definition, and reflection are the processes carried out. By placing their hand on the picture, they choose a variety of greeting images. The results of accompanying brain exercise activities in the morning by applying varied greetings can create discipline, students' readiness to learn with a happy, enthusiastic mood and become an evaluation for future teachers to create other creative ideas.

As the elderly experience increasing age, it causes gradual physical and psychological decline, one of the problems faced by the elderly is cognitive impairment in the form of decreased memory. One effort to prevent cognitive decline in the elderly is to regularly do a brain gym. The aim of this community service is that the elderly can understand what cognitive decline is and how to prevent cognitive decline. The research method was carried out using a community service approach at the Arjuna Klampok Elderly Posyandu, Malang Regency by providing counseling about "Cognitive Decline" using leaflet media.

The definition of Health is a complete physical and mental condition, free of disease or disability. Feelings of uselessness, sadness, insomnia, stress, depression, anxiety, delirium, and dementia are signs of psychological regression in the elderly. Health care for depressed parents with dementia requires non-pharmacological care. Objective: This research analyzes the effects of reminiscence therapy, Brain Gym, and music therapy to relieve elderly people suffering from dementia and depression. This literature review research took the published articles from 2014 to 2024 on Google Scholar and Pubmed. The researchers collected relevant data or sources based on the keywords. The results found both in Indonesia and Japan, non-pharmacological care interventions like reminiscence therapy had a significant impact. However, the Brain Gym intervention group and music therapy performed in Japan had no significant impact on relieving depression or improving the cognitive function of dementia patients. Conclusion: Reminiscence therapy succeeded in relieving cognitive function in parents suffering from dementia in Indonesia and Japan. Therefore, reminiscence therapy is suggested to be applied in Japan.

Concentration of learning in children is how children focus on doing or doing something until the job is done in a certain time. In some 6th grade children at Eben Haezer Family Elementary School have difficulty concentrating which causes a decrease in learning achievement due to the fact that children often play gadgets, experience low thinking levels such as memory disorders, and children have a history of illness since childhood so that teachers who also complain and are confused in improving and overcoming children who have difficulty concentrating when learning takes place. Brain gym is a collection of simple movements that aim to connect or unite the mind and body so that not only will facilitate the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain, but also movements that can stimulate the work and functioning of the brain optimally. This study was conducted to determine the effect of Brain Gym on the level of learning concentration in students at SDS Eben Haezer Family. This study is a quantitative research pre-Experimental approach one group pre-post test with a sample of 21 respondents with a total sampling technique. Analysis of the data in this study using the Wilcoxon test with the analysis test obtained the value of p value =0.000 (p<0.05) so that the conclusion of this study there is the influence of Brain Gym on the level of concentration of learning in students at SDS Eben Haezer Family.    

Demensia merupakan kelainan yang menyebabkan seseorang mengalami kehilangan kognitif yang meliputi daya ingat, IQ, dan aktivitas sehari-hari. Fungsi kognitif menurun akibat kerusakan morfologi dan biokimia pada saraf. Aktivitas fisik akan lebih efektif jika dipadukan dengan berbagai rangsangan lainnya. (Nur Sukma, et al, 2020). Tujuannya untuk mengetahui pengaruh Brain Gym dan Multi-Exercise (Square Stepping exsercise dan Pazzel) dalam meningkatkan fungsi kognitif pada Kondisi Demensia. Metode penelitian pra-eksperimental. Sampel yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi berjumlah 15 orang. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Desain penelitiannya adalah one-group pretest-posttest. Dilaksanakan selama 4 minggu dan 3 kali pertemuan. Hasil : Uji hipotesis menggunakan uji Unpaired t test dengan nilai p=0,0017 artinya p<0,05 (lebih kecil dari 0,05) yang berarti Ha diterima dan Ho ditolak yang berarti terdapat pengaruh Brain Gym dan Multi-Exercise terhadap peningkatan kognitif pada siswa. ukuran. Kesimpulan Terdapat pengaruh pemberian Brain Gym dan Multi-Exercise dari kombinasi latihan dan terdapat peningkatan kognitif pada demensia.

An elderly person is someone who has reached the age of 60 years and over. One of the health problems that often occurs in the elderly is a decline in memory, learning and cognitive abilities in the elderly which causes them to have difficulty interacting and being difficult to understand. Conditions that affect cognitive abilities in the elderly are called dementia. Dementia is a chronic and progressive decline in memory and thinking function, causing disruption of functional activities. Nursing interventions that can be given to the elderly to improve cognitive function in the occurrence of dementia include brain gymnastics. The case study design used is descriptive research. The method used to collect data is using the Android-based MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination), namely MEFuKo (MMSE for Cognitive Function) to determine the level of dementia in the elderly. Brain exercise therapy (brain gym) is carried out for 7 consecutive days, 1 meeting per day with a duration of 15 minutes. Subject I's MMSE score before brain exercise therapy was 16 (presence of definite cognitive impairment) increased to 19 (presence of probable cognitive impairment) and there was an increase of 3 in total MMSE scores. The MMSE score in subject II before brain exercise therapy was 19 (possible cognitive impairment), after therapy the MMSE score became 23 (probable cognitive impairment) and there was an increase of 4 in total MMSE scores. The more activities you do, the less likely it is that seniors will experience a decline in cognitive function. The conclusion is that there was an increase in cognitive function in the two case study subjects which illustrate the application of brain gym therapy to cognitive function in elderly people with dementia. Brain exercise therapy is recommended to improve working memory function which can improve the quality of life of the elderly.  

Children are an invaluable national asset. Children are part of the young population who need to be cared for, so that they can grow and develop optimally according to their potential. Motor development is an element of maturity in controlling body movements and the brain as the center of movement. Children's motor development can be assessed using the KPSP (Pre-Developmental Screening Questionnaire) which is an early detection instrument in the development of children aged 0 to 6 years. Gross motor skills are physical movements that require balance and coordination between body parts using the large muscles of some or all of the body parts. Gross motor development needs to be stimulated so that children can develop optimally. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of Brain Gym therapy on the gross motor development of preschool children. The design of this research is to use a Quasy experiment with a one group pre test-post test design. pre – post test. The total sample was 16 respondents with a purposive sampling model. The results of this research show that there is an effect of Brain Gym therapy on increasing gross motor development in preschool children with a p value of 0.001. The conclusion of this research is that there is an increase in gross motor development after implementing Brain Gym therapy in preschool children. Parents are advised to carry out this brain gym therapy at home to further optimize their child's development, especially gross motor development.

Elderly is a man or woman who has entered the age of 60 years accompanied by various declines in physical condition, decreased function of the body's organs, and decreased function of the brain. The elderly population is increasing globally. Service activities aim to empower the elderly through elderly gymnastics as an effort to improve physical health in supporting the Tangguh elderly. The method of activity in this service involves 5 students of midwifery Akbid Batari Toja. The service implementation adopts action research steps which consist of 4 (four) stages, namely: planning, action, observation and evaluation, and reflection. Evaluation of the results of the conclusion, namely the implementation of community service with a series of activities, namely checking blood pressure and exercising for the elderly. Before being given information regarding elderly exercise, all 28 elderly participants did not know about elderly exercise movements. After being given information on elderly gymnastic movements, as many as 25 elderly people followed the gymnastic movements and did them correctly. Based on the results of blood pressure checks, it was found that 7 elderly people had high blood pressure ≥ 140/100, the community service team recommended carrying out examinations at the nearest health center, advising them to consume lots of vegetables and fruit and routinely doing elderly exercises.

Dementia is a cognitive decline that is so severe that it interferes with activities of daily living and social activities. Cognitive decline in dementia usually begins with a decline in memory or memory (forgetfulness). Cognitive function is the main human capital in the activities of daily life. Brain gymnastics is a light exercise that is carried out with cross movements in order to harmonize and optimize the performance of the right and left brain so that it can improve cognitive function. This study aims to determine the results of the application of brain exercise on cognitive function in the elderly with dementia. Quantitative research with a cross sectional approach and sampling collection technique with purposive sampling with a sample of 34 respondents. The data collection tool used was the Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) questionnaire. It was found from this study that before brain exercise, normal cognitive function was 0, while moderate was 2 respondents (5.9%) and mild cognitive function was 32 respondents (94.1%). After brain exercise, normal cognitive function was 14 respondents (41.2%) while 20 respondents (58.8%) had moderate cognitive function and 0. mild cognitive function.

Healthy children are in perfect condition both physically, mentally/psychologically and socially (free from disease, weakness and disability). In order for children to grow and develop optimally, children must also be accustomed to healthy living behavior and the Childhood Phase is the developmental phase from the age of 1 or 2 years to 10-12 years, this phase is further classified into two, namely early childhood (small children) between 1-6 years, and later childhood (big children) between 6-12 years. According to the Ministry of Education and Culture, reading mastery is not mandatory for PAUD age children (3-5 years) because this skill will only be taught formally at elementary school level. Children should actually start being taught to read maximally at the age of 4-6 years. Because, this is a golden period for the cognitive development of the brain. In other words, they can absorb lessons and imitate quickly. Brain gym or brain exercise is a touch that can stimulate the work and functioning of the brain optimally, namely further activating the abilities of the right and left brain, so that cooperation between the right and left brain hemispheres can be established. This can improve memory in the child's brain to learn to read.

Pengabdian pada masyarakat yang dilaksanakan oleh pengabdi berupa pelatihan pemrograman aktivitas fisik melalui outbound dan braingym sebagai implementasi pembentukan karakter dan kedisiplinan bagi guru Sekolah Dasar di Kecamatan Patimuan. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk diantaranya: (1) saling memahami dan saling pengertian/peduli dengan orang lain dan belajar membangun kepercayaan diri dan mempercayai kepada yang lain, (2) belajar membangun tim kerja yang cakap dan handal dan memahami arti penting kerjasama kelompok dalam lingkungan kerja, (3) membangun individu dalam kelompok secara lebih energik dan mendorong individu dalam menghadapi tantangan kelompok yang ada, (4) memberikan pembekalan pengetahuan dan keterampilan kreativitas dalam penyusunan pembelajaran olahraga rekreasi bagi siswa agar memiliki kompetensi yang kreatif dalam mengembangkan pembelajaran penjas di tingkat sekolah. Metode Pelaksanaan kegiatan ini adalah ceramah, demonstrasi dan praktik/latihan. Metode Ceramah ceramah digunakan untuk menyampaikan informasi kepada para guru Sekolah Dasar di Kecamatan Patimuan tentang pemrograman aktivitas fisik melalui outbound dan brain gym. Metode demonstrasi sangat penting keberadaanya dalam kegiatan pelatihan ini, karena dalam pelatihan suatu proses kerja akan lebih mudah diikuti oleh peserta pelatihan manakala ketrampilan yang akan ditransformasikan bisa dieksplisitkan secara konkrit melalui demonstrasi. Metode Praktik dilakukan oleh para guru untuk mencoba menguasai gerakan braingym dan outbound yang dapat di implementasikan pada setiap pembelajaran penjas disekolah. Dalam evaluasi, Tim Pengabdi melakukan pengamatan langsung kepada para peserta dengan kriteria antusiasme, perhatian, dan kesungguhan dalam mengikuti kegiatan pelatihan. Hasil Pengabdian pada masyarakat menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanaan kegiatan berjalan dengan baik sesuai dengan program yang telah dibuat. Hal ini ditunjukkan oleh animo peserta yang cukup tinggi. Pemrograman aktivitas fisik dan praktik yang terdiri dari penguasaan teknik dasar outbond training dan brain gym yang dapat membentuk karakter bagi siswa seperti: nilai-nilai kerjasama, kepercayaan, kemampuan memecahkan suatu masalah, proses pendewasaan diri, kebersamaan, leadership (kepemimpinan), kedisiplinan, kemampuan akselerasi untuk mencapai suatu tujuan, melatih mental dan keberanian serta kesenangan batiniah. Indikator keberhasilan ditandai dengan tingginya motivasi peserta dalam mengikuti kegiatan ini serta dimilikinya pengetahuan dan keterampilan baru tentang outbond dan brain gym.

Proses  menua  menimbulkan  permasalahan  baik  secara  fisik,  biologis, mental maupun sosial ekonomi. Lansia merasa terbatas aktivitasnya, sering sakit, lingkungan kurang bersahabat, dan tidak percaya diri dengan penampilan fisiknya dan ini menjadi tanda rendahnya kualitas hidup lanjut usia karena mereka tidak menikmati masa tuanya.  Hasil  survey menggunakan  Mini  Mental  Status  Exam (MMSE)  diperoleh  data  bahwa  lansia  sebanyak  45  orang  yang  terdaftar  di Posyandu Setya Manunggal III Dusun Lempuyangan Bulan Januari 2020 menunjukkan yang mengalami penurunan kognitif sedang sebanyak 13 orang, penurunan kognitif berat sebanyak 5 orang. Hasil wawancara dengan kader lansia didapatkan data yang banyak mengalami pikun dikarenakan lansia hanya di rumah tanpa  adanya  aktivitas  lain  karena  adanya  keterbatasan  mobilitas  fisik.  Kader sendiri  oleh  penanggunggjawab  BKL  (Bina  Keluarga  Lansia)  dari  kecamatan Bergas sudah diarahkan untuk memberikan edukasi kepada lansia dan keluarga, baik itu bisa berupa permainan ataupun memberikan pelatihan kerajinan tangan, namun karena keterbatasan informasi, minimnya dana operasional, dan kurangnya kemampuan kader menjadikan program tersebut hanya wacana. Analisis fenomena tersebut menjadi latar belakang tim pengabdian masyarakat Akper Kesdam IV/Diponegoro bekerjasama dengan Puskesmas Bergas untuk melaksanakan kegiatan bertema, “ Penerapan Brain Gym, Puzzle Therapy, dan Handycraft Training  sebagai  Upaya  Meningkatkan  Kualitas  Hidup  Lansia  Dusun Lempuyangan, Gebugan, Kab.Semarang”.