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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.

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.

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.

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.

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”.