Journal de yoga et de physiothérapie
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Effect of Task-Oriented Circuit Training on Balance, Gait Speed and Functional Ability in Community Dwelling Elderly

Pandita Sandeep*

Objective: Falls in the elderly are a major cause of morbidity and mortality-the consequences often extending far beyond minor injury to significant loss of functional independence and death. Exercise intervention in form of taskoriented exercise programme is now recognised as a new strategy to improve functional status of chronic stroke individuals. Organizing training into a circuit with series of workstations is safe and can result in improvements in muscle strength, gait speed, walking distance, stair climbing, and transfers. So, the purpose of this study was to see the effect of task oriented circuit training on balance, gait speed and functional ability of community dwelling elderly. Study design : A pre-post experimental design was used in this study. 60 community dwelling elderly adults (>65 years of age) participated in the study. These subjects were randomly allocated to one of the two groups. Group 1 (n=30) was was given task-oriented circuit training and Group 2 (n=30) was given general balance and mobility training. Methods: The balance performance of the subjects was evaluated on berg balance scale, gait speed was calculated using 10 metre walk test and functional ability was calculated using timed up and go test. Each group performed that program of exercise training and then ended up the session with 5 minute cool down period.