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Task-Specific Training vs. Yoga (With and Without Perturbation) for Balance and Leg Strength in Older Adults

This experimental study is designed to observe the effectiveness of task-specific training vs yoga with and without perturbation on reactive balance and leg strength in older individuals in Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Older adults meeting the criteria will be grouped into 4 intervention groups. One group will be doing task-specific training, the second will be doing yoga poses, the third will be doing task-specific with perturbation, and 4th will be doing yoga poses with perturbation. Baseline readings through manual release from lean, minbest test, manual muscle testing (MMT), WHO quality of life, Barthel index, 30-sec sit-to-stand test, Stroop test, and mini-mental state examination, will be taken before starting the intervention, and post-intervention readings will be taken after 3 months of intervention. After this, all readings will be retaken 1 month after stopping the intervention