Effect of breathing practices on visual and auditory reaction time of adolescent population in Madurai, India -A comparison of right and left nostril breathing
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical Anatomy and Physiology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction Specific nostril breathing techniques are known to influence the autonomic function Various studies have recorded that Right nostril breathing RNB exercises stimulate sympathetic activity and left nostril breathing LNB exercises stimulate parasympathetic activity The present study was done to find out whether this is true by observing the immediate effect of specific nostril breathing on Visual Reaction Time VRT and Auditory Reaction Time ART of the same individual before and after trainingAim and Objectives1nbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp To assess the immediate effect of RNB amp LNB on VRT and ART2nbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp To compare the immediate effect of RNB ampLNB on VRT amp ART3nbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp To assess the Gender difference in the RNB amp LNB on VRT amp ARTMaterials and Methods 40 MBBS students in the age group of 1820 years were randomly selected Group A n20 consisted of male and Group B n20 consisted of female volunteers Subjects were taught breathing exercises on the first day and after 30 minutes of RNB VRT amp ART and again after 30 minutes of LNB VRT amp ART were recordedResults A significant reduction in ARTamp VRT and a significant increase in ARTamp VRT were seen after RNB amp LNB exercises No significant gender difference was observed on reaction timeConclusion RNB stimulates sympathetic activity and LNB stimulates parasympathetic activity ART is faster than VRT and no difference in reaction times between males and females were found after immediate breathing exercisesKeywords Autonomic function Breathing exercises Immediate Reaction timenbsp
Authors and Affiliations
V. Suganthi, S. Anu, V. Mathava kumar, K. Rekha
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- DOI 10.18231/2394-2126.2018.0013
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