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Elderly residents who live in madania homes use the kitchen as a kitchen places for cooking activities, and have complaints about height and slippery floor conditions, according to the elderly as many as 32% of cooking kitchen users representing the elderly population using purposive sampling, proposed design improvements for elderly cooking places by considering the anthropometric size of elderly users, using a focus approach group discussion to facilitate the wishes and complaints experienced by the elderly, the shape and size of the proposed new kitchen design for the elderly by adding a foothold in front of the kitchen to facilitate cooking reach, with a cooking kitchen width: 53 cm; Height: 132cm; length 53 cm, using anthropometric measurements, namely front arm reach (JTD) 53 cm; shoulder width(LB) (maximum) 43 cm; height (TB) 158 cm; elbow height (TS) 132 cm. The design is the result obtained from the first focus group discussion, then the results of the second focus group discussion explain the proposed new design drawings for the elderly's kitchen to the elderly, related to the suggestions obtained from the results of the first focus group discussion and the senior citizens agree with the results drawn, by having a height, width, length according to body size by adding non-permanent footing facilities in front making it easier for users to reach the kitchen for cooking activities, floors that are designed to be safe and non-slippery, and additional cupboard facilities to make it easier to store cooking utensils.Sig (2-tailed) of 0.003 <0.05 indicates that the H1 hypothesis is accepted.

Low back pain merupakan salah satu gangguan musculoskeletal akibat dari ergonomi yang salah dan dapat didefinisikan sebagai nyeri yang terlokalisasi antara batas costae dan lipatan gluteus inferior yang berlangsung lebih dari sehari. Pada tahun 2018 di Indonesia, tenaga kesehatan pernah mendiagnosis sebanyak 11.9% kasus penyakit musculoskeletal  sedangkan  kasus  yang  terdiagnosis  menurut  gejala  yang  muncul  sebesar  24,7%. Persentase penderita LBP di Indonesia diperkirakan antara 7.6%-37% pada tahun 2018. Pada tahun yang sama didapatkan sekitar 26.74% penduduk Indonesia yang berusia 15 tahun keatas dan bekerja yang mengeluh mengalami nyeri di  daerah  punggung  bawah.  Hal  ini  diakibatkan  karena  seiring  bertambahnya  usia  maka  kekuatan  otot  akan mengalami penurunan sehingga rentan mengalami gangguan kesehatan. Kami berinisiatif untuk memberikan penyuluhan terkait nyeri punggung bawah pada Mahasiswa yang berada di Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta khususnya pada program studi fisioterapi angkatan 2019 kelas praktek E dan juga kegiatan pengabdian ini di support dengan pemberian leaflet, pre-test, post-test untuk mengukur tingkat pengetahuan dan penambahan wawasan responden terhadap nyeri punggung bawah baik gejala, faktor resiko, cara pencegahan serta penanganan secara mandiri maupun medis., agar kedepannya para lansia menambah pengetahuan perihal low back pain dan dapat menerapkan pola hidup sehat untuk mencegah penyakit ini. Berdasarkan hasil pengisian kuesioner pre- test dan post-test yang kami berikan, pengetahuan lansia tentang nyeri punggung bawah meningkat dari yang awalnya belum mengerti perbedaan nyeri lutut biasa dengan osteoarthritis menjadi paham, dan adanya peningkatan pengetahuan akan tanda dan gejala low back pain

Study table is one of the supporting learning activities but the current study table design is not in accordance with consumer needs, especially for children. The development of this study table product is expected to answer the needs of custumers or consumers and produce an ergonomic study table. This multifunctional learning folding table product uses the parameter measurement of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD). The result obtained based on the customer show that there are 7 attributes (customer requitment) and 4 technical parameters ( technical response). In this regard, the product development of a multifuntional folding study table uses the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method using teak wood. This table also has several features, namely a reading light feature, a glass holder, a storange feature, equipped with a simple design, attaractive practical colors and ideal dimensions so as to increase comfort inusing the folding study table product.

This study aims to evaluate the impact of ergonomic training on blood pressure in hypertension sufferers in Hamlet I, Tanjung Anom Village, Pancur Batu District. The research method used One Group Pre-test – Post with purposive sampling technique and 10 respondents from a population of 50 met the criteria. Data was collected through ordinal scales and observation instruments. The results of the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test analysis with SPSS showed a significance of <0.05 (p=0.00), indicating the influence of ergonomic exercise on reducing blood pressure. The conclusion of this study states that ergonomic exercises are effective in reducing blood pressure in hypertension sufferers in Hamlet I, Tanjung Anom Village, Pancur Batu District in 2022.