YOGA IN DEVELOPING MOBILITY SKILL IN ELDERLY

The increasing age decreases sensation of taste, smell vision, hearing, mental ability, organic functions, cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, balance and reaction time etc. However, there is no fitness programme prepared by the Government of India for the elderly people. Many literature revel that, older adults have a highest rate of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis and arthritis. Muscles and bones are found weaker in older adults, these changes in the muscles, joints, and bones effect on accurate movement and create difficulties in maintaining dynamic and static balance, due to this, senior citizens feel uncertain future of the health and fitness. Available literatures revealed that Yoga Program is effective in improving mental ability, organic functions, cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, balance and reaction time. Major responsible components of Mobility Kills also required strong mental ability, organic functions, cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, balance and reaction time. Population- Present experiment was undertaken by considering the population of aged 60 to 70 years. Selection of Sample- Thirty Male (n=30) Senior Citizen, aged 60 to 70 yrs., from Juinagar Senior Citizen Club, Juinagar, Navi Mumbai., were randomly selected by using random sampling method as sample. Research Design- Double Pre-Test Post-Test Single Group Design was used. Procedure of the Experiment- As per the experimental research design the experiment was planned in four phases. Phase-I was Pretest-1, Phase-II was Pretest-2, Phase-III was ‘Yogic Training Intervention’ for daily one hour in the morning for ten weeks except Sundays, and Phase-IV was Post-test. Conclusion- This study is concluding that ‘Ten weeks Yogic intervention’ is effective in improving Mobility Skill in Elderly. Keywords- Yoga, Mobility Skill, Elderl