SURVEY ON CONFIDENCE OF ACTIVITY SPECIFIC BALANCE AMONG INDIVIDUALS IN THE AGE RANGE OF 41 TO 50 YEARS

Balance is an important aspect of activity for the human body to strive for and maintain a normal life. It refers to the even distribution of weight, enabling someone or something to remain steady. Since all the parts of the body are connected, any imbalance causes impact on the body. One can practice training and movement patterns to enhance balance. This study was conducted to survey confidence of activity specific balance among individuals. The subjects were selected randomly. The study covered 136 free-living community dwellers whose age ranged from 41 to 50 years. To determine Activity-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) 11-point scale was used. For analysis of the data collected from Activity-Specific balance Confidence Scale, Mean and Standard Deviation was computed. For this purpose ‘t-test’ was applied , level of significance was set at 0.05% to test the hypothesis.