ABSTRACT
Introduction : Young old groups consists of the populations between 65 and 75 years of age. Aim of the study was compare the effects of thoracic core conditioning exercises with stretch pole and thoracic mobility exercises on PEFR, chest expansion at axilla and xiphoid level and quality of life using WHOQOL-BREF scale.
Material and Method : Forty two participants who satisfied the inclusion criteria were recruited for intervention and divided in two groups : Group-A : thoracic core conditioning exercises with stretch pole and Group-B : thoracic mobility exercises. The exercise session consisted of 4 days in week for 4 weeks. . Outcome measures were taken pre and post treatment.
Result : Intra group analysis by Wilcoxon test in both groups shows statistically significant improvement on PEFR, Chest expansion and Quality of life (p value≤0.005). While inter group analysis by Mann-Whitney test showed statistically significant difference in PEFR, chest expansion. (p value≤0.005).
Discussion and conclusion : Both exercises protocol are equally effective in improve quality of life whereas the participants who received thoracic core conditioning exercises with stretch pole shows better result in terms of PEFR and chest expansion.
Key words: Older adults, PEFR, Chest expansion, WHOQOL-BREF, stretch pole.