COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FUNCTIONAL FITNESS BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF SENIOR CITIZENS OF INDIA AND AMONG OTHER COUNTRIES

Mr. Beer Pratap Singh, Dr. Archana Chahal and Dr. Jitendra Singh

Abstract

The study's objective is to ascertain if various aspects of well-being among senior citizens who live in communities are correlated with physical fitness. Frequent physical exercise improves older people's quality of life, their ability to live independently, and their ability to prevent chronic health issues. The functional fitness of senior citizen is more valuable for their independent living. This study compares differences in the functional fitness of two groups of older adults (aged 60 to 64 and 65 to 69) of 50 people living in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh. The stratified random sampling technique was used to succulent the subject. The two sample t-tests were performed to compare the means of the groups in order to analyze the data. This study showed that there are no significant differences between functional fitness of the age group 60-64 and 65-69. The mean of all components of functional fitness was almost the same, which clearly indicates that the functional fitness of both age groups is not influenced by age. The next part of the study was to compare the Indian population SFT to Poland, Portugal and the US population. We found the truth that the Indian senior citizen population does not fit as much as the US and Poland populations but is better than the Portugal senior citizens population. We did better in some fitness variables, like flexibility, but needed improvement in strength. Clearly shows that our senior citizens can do better; only they need proper guidelines on "how to do and what to do" for good health.

Keywords: Functional Fitness, Senior Citizen, Aerobic Fitness and Agility.