THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF THE JANDA APPROACH AND SWISS BALL TRAINING ON THE STRENGTH OF DYNAMIC MUSCLES AND FLEXIBILITY OF STATIC MUSCLES AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH LOWER CROSSED SYNDROME.

Background: Lower crossed syndrome is a muscular imbalance that causes postural changes, reducing muscle strength and flexibility. Janda approach and swiss ball training had been proved to improve muscle strength and flexibility. Objective: To find the effectiveness of the Janda approach and Swiss ball training on the strength of dynamic muscles and flexibility of static muscles among college students with lower crossed syndrome. Methods: The study was a comparative study; 30 subjects were selected according to inclusion criteria. They were divided into two groups: Janda approach (GROUP A) and Swiss- Ball training (GROUP B). The treatment was given for 6 weeks. The outcome tools used are MSFGM, MSFAM, MTT, and MST. Materials used were Swiss Ball, Inch tape, Modified sphygmomanometer, and wooden box. Result: Data analysis was done by paired ‘t’ test and unpaired ‘t’ test for within- group and between-group analysis respectively. The statistical analysis between the Group A [Janda approach] and Group B [Swiss-Ball core strength training] showed significance (p <0.001), which shows that Group A [Janda approach] is significant than Group B [Swiss-Ball core strength training], it has been concluded that Group A [Janda approach] shows impact on improving the strength of dynamic muscles and flexibility of static muscles than Group B [Swiss- Ball core strength training] among subjects with Lower crossed syndrome. Conclusion: The study concludes that Janda’s approach (GROUP-A) shows more beneficial effects than the Swiss-ball core strength training (GROUP-B) on subjects with lower crossed syndrome using the Modified sphygmomanometer for muscle power, Modified Schober test for muscle flexibility, Modified Thomas test for muscle flexibility after 6 weeks of intervention. Hence, the null hypothesis is rejected.