Effectiveness of FRIRAGE massage in the management of ankle injury in child

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of frirage massage in the management of ankle injuries in children of Kurusumange Village, Tanralili District, Maros Regency. This research is a type of preexperiment research with the one group pretes-posttes design method, the sample in this study amounted to 35 children obtained through nonprobability sampling techniques with a purposive sampling approach. Data collection was carried out using the Pre Post Questionnaire sheet with ankle injury questionnaire adapted from the Oxford ankle foot questionnaire which has been declared valid and reliable with the results of the reliability coefficient = 0.956. Then, the data were analysed using the Wilcoxon Test with a significant level of 5%. This study showed that the average value of ankle degree before and after frirage massage was 69.43% and 50.71%. This study showed a decrease in the degree of ankle disorders in children after frirage massage treatment by 18.72%, the Wilcoxon signed rank test showed a significant value of ρ Value of 0.000. This study can be concluded that frirage massage is effective as an ankle injury management in reducing the degree of ankle disorders in children of Kurusumange Village, Tanralili District, Maros Regency.