The Effect of Massage on the Recovery of Tapak Suci Pencak Silat Athletes at the Pancur Batu Branch

Abstract

Background

This study was conducted because the effect of massage as a recovery treatment for athletes after training leading up to a competition was unknown.

Objectives

This study aimed to determine the effect of massage on the recovery of Tapak Suci Pencak Silat athletes from the Pancur Batu branch.

Methods

This study employed a quantitative experimental method. The instrument used was heart rate measurements. Respondents in this study were 30 Tapak Suci Pencak Silat athletes from the Pancur Batu branch who were undergoing training camps for the 2025 Indonesian National Student Penak Silat Championship. The data analysis technique used was quantitative descriptive.

Results

Based on the results of the research conducted on the effect of massage on the recovery of Tapak Suci Pencak Silat athletes, the following conclusions can be drawn: The effect of massage on the recovery of Tapak Suci Pancur Batu pencak silat athletes showed a significance value of 0.112 (p > 0.05). It can be concluded that there is no statistically significant effect of massage on the recovery of Tapak Suci Pancur Batu pencak silat athletes.

Conclusion

Although descriptively the experimental group showed a greater reduction in heart rate (15.47 bpm) compared to the control group (13.00 bpm), as well as an additional effect of 9.93 bpm after the massage treatment, this difference did not reach the required level of statistical significance.