DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i08.005

Pages: 2760-2763

Skeletal muscle function can be affected by many factors including nutrition, hereditary and physical activity. Physical activity can be defined as any body movement by the skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure. A sedentary life is a type of lifestyle with irregular physical activity or no physical activity. The main aim is to compare the skeletal muscle function in sedentary and physically active young adults by using Hand grip dynamometer. The method in this study was conducted among 50 sedentary and 50 physically active healthy medical and paramedical students in the Physiology department, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai. Both male and female were included in this study and their age group was between 17 to 28. In conclusion our results showed that skeletal muscle function like maximum voluntary contraction were higher in physically active young adults than sedentary young adults. So we conclude that regular physical activity has definite impact on skeletal muscle function parameters.