Lower and upper body flexibility alterations in senior population of Punjab as a function of life style differences

This study aimed to investigate the lower and upper body flexibility alterations in randomized senile/senior population of Punjab as a function of life style differences. Participants (N=180) with low physical activity (N=90) and with high physical activity (N=90) senior population from Punjab were selected to act as subjects for the study. The study was delimited to the senior male with low and high physical activity senile population recruited at age group 60–70, 71–80, and 81–90 years respectively. For the purpose of data collection, with low and high physical activity group of the subjects were divided into three categories, i.e. category I (60–70 Years; N=30), category II (71–80 Years; N=30), and category III (81–90 Years; N=30) respectively. The chair sit and reach test was used to measure the lower body flexibility and back scratch was used to assess the upper body flexibility. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23 was used to analyse the lower and upper body flexibility in male with low and high physical activity senile population, after collecting data One Way ANOVA (Analysis of Variance), Least Significant Difference (LSD) Post Hoc test was employed. The level of significance to test the hypotheses was 0.05, (P<0.05). Results of the studies in both variables found that there was a statistically significant difference in both the variables withp value of the lower and upper body flexibility.000 (P <0.05) of male with low and high physical activity senile population of Punjab. In conclusion, the lower and upper body flexibility changes with ageing. The study has revealed that changes in age-related decline of lower and upper body flexibility.