Gender differences on pain threshold, body temperature and reaction time among elderly population after alternate nostril breathing exercises-A comparative study
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical Anatomy and Physiology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction It is a known fact that elderly males have a faster reaction time than females and females exhibit greater pain sensitivity than males Results on body core temperature between genders are inconsistent Alternate Nostril Breathing ANB exercises were known to modulate the autonomic nervous system The present study was done to find whether such differences between elderly males and females on pain sensitivity body temperature and reaction time still persisted after ANB exercisesObjectives 1 To measure the pain sensitivity body temperature and reaction time in elderly males and females 2 To compare the effects of 30 minutes of ANB exercises on all these parameters between elderly males and femalesMaterials and Methods 30 elderly males n14 and females n16 with a mean age of 703 years participated in the study Pain sensitivity was measured with digital algometer temperature with clinical thermometer and reaction time with choice time apparatus before and immediately after ANB exercisesResults A significant decrease
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S Anu, V Mathava Kumar, P S. L. Saravanan
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