STUDY OF EFFECT OF YOGA ON BREATH HOLDING TIME IN MEDICAL STUDENTS
Journal Title: Journal of Biological and Scientific Opinion - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Yoga is the science of right living which includes postures, breathing exercises and cleansing practices. Yoga consists of five principles which include proper exercise, proper relaxation, proper breathing, proper diet, positive thinking and meditation. Pranayama is a controlled breathing exercise improves lung functions. This study was conducted to show the positive effect of pranayama on lung functions. Sixty first year M.B.B.S students of Sri Ramachandra University served as subjects. Age group of subjects was around 17-20 years of both genders participated in our study. Of these 60 subjects, 30 motivated students were selected to receive yoga training pranayama group I and remaining 30 students will serve as controls group II. Breath holding time was analyzed before and after pranayama around the time of ten weeks. Results were analyzed accordingly. There is significant difference in breath holding time in normal inspiration, maximum voluntary inspiration and after forceful expiration between group I and group II with p < 0.001 statically significant. Our results showed significant increase in breath holding time after regular practice of pranayama the significance is more in breath holding time after normal inspiration.
Authors and Affiliations
Aravind Kumar, T. T. Ganesan, Sheela Ravindar. , Subhashini. A
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