A STUDY TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRETCHING EXERCISE VERSUS ECCENTRIC EXERCISE AMONG GERIATRIC POPULATION

ABSTRACT In the age of 80 years humans generally loss 30-40% skeletal muscle fibers, The main features associated with ageing skeletal muscles are muscle weakness, decrease flexibility, vulnerability to certain types of injury, and impaired functional restoration which result in the deterioration of physical performance and function. Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength with increased age. Compared with concentric force, eccentric force shows relatively less decline with age (248%). In this study was conducted among 20 elderly peoples using convenience sampling method. They divided into two groups and one group will get eccentric exercise and another group get stretching exercise. And data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. KEYWORDS: Eccentric exercise, stretching exercise, sarcopenia, Lower extremity function, Aging