Effect Of Yogic Intervention Research Articles

Effects of Yogic Intervention on Sleep Quality of Healthy Elderly: A Systematic Review

Sleep disturbances and poor sleep quality are more common in the elderly, and they are frequently ignored and untreated. As pharmacological treatments are not free from health hazards, nowadays, community-based non-pharmacological treatments are gaining huge acceptance for managing health issues. Yoga is one of the most feasible and cost-effective non-pharmacological means to manage sleep quality. The current systematic review aims at investigating the effects of yoga on the sleep quality of the elderly. So, the review was conducted on the basis of experimental investigations by using key words such as

Effect of yogic intervention on pulmonary function in physically fit individuals: A pilot study

The benefits of any training depend on its duration. Long-term yogic practice will give more health benefits. It is necessary to define a minimum duration for practice to get its maximum effects. The purpose of the study was to identify the duration of yogic intervention requirements to induce significant changes in pulmonary function. The present study was undertaken on six participants (29-34 years of age, height 177 ± 7.21, body mass (74.7 ± 16.38) and BMI (25.31 ± 3.60); mean ± SD). They were undergoing yogic intervention for a total of one hour, five days a week for six weeks. Height, body mass, and pulmonary function test (PFT) involving measurements of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced expiratory flow, FEF25-75, peak expiratory flow (PEF), maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) was assessed. Pulmonary function measurements were done in a time point manner i.e., before the yogic intervention, 2nd week, 4th week, and 6th week of yogic intervention. The Difference at different time points was assessed by performing a one-way repeated measure ANOVA test. It was found significant enhancement at the 6th week of yogic intervention with p values like PEFR (p

Effects of yogic intervention on pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength parameters: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to investigate the efficacy of yogic intervention (YI) on pulmonary functions (PFs) and respiratory muscle strength parameters in healthy individuals. PubMed/Medline, Embase, Google Scholar, SPORTdiscus databases as well as manual searches carried out until March 2020 on yoga AND pulmonary function were included based on Prisma guidelines. Twenty studies were identified potentially relevant. They were systematically reviewed and summarized in tabular form, listing yogic intervention (YI) significant improved forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1); FEV1/FVC; peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), maximum voluntary volume (MVV), respiratory muscle strength parameters like maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP), and maximum expiratory pressure (MEP or PEmax). There are encouraging results elucidated that yogic intervention improves pulmonary functions and respiratory muscle strength parameters of healthy physically fit individuals significantly.

Effect of yogic intervention on quality of life in university girls with cyclical mastalgia

Background: Cyclical mastalgia is a benign breast disease and common phenomena in the reproductive age of women. It is the pain in the breast mainly felt in previous 5–7 days of the mensuration cycle. This affects the overall quality of life (QOL) and is linked to fear, fatigue, and other psychological causes. Fear of breast cancer influences the state of mind and badly affect emotional health and entire physical health. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of yogic practice on QOL in girls with cyclical mastalgia. Methods: Forty females having cyclical mastalgia (last 6 months) were recruited for the study and randomly assigned into two groups (yoga group and control group) with the age range of 20 to 30 years (23.52 ± 2.28). The subjects of both the groups were assessed for quality of life at the baseline and after completion of experimental period of sixty days. Results: After completing 60 days yogic intervention, yoga group showed significant improvement after 2 months of yoga practices and even after the 1-month follow-up in physical health (<0.01), sociological health (<0.05), environmental health (<0.05), and overall QOL (<0.05) than the control group. Psychological health showed the significant effect after 1 month of follow-up (>0.05). Conclusion: The results of present study concludes that the quality of life of university girls suffering from cyclical mastalgia can be improved after yoga practices.

Effects of yogic intervention on pulmonary functions and health status in patients of COPD and the possible mechanisms

Effects of yogic intervention on pulmonary functions and health status in patients of COPD and the possible mechanisms

Effect of Yogic Intervention: Pranayama on the Stress Level of Males & Females

An attempt has been made to study the effect of yoga: pranayama on the stress level of males & females. A purposive sample of 120 persons (60 males & 60 females) was selected and a pre and post control group design was used. Life style questionnaire (referred in introducing health Psychology) & ‘Eight State Questionnaire’ by Curran & Cattell, Indian adaptation by Shri Malay kapoor New Delhi, Kapoor & Bhargava (Agra) were used as tools. An analysis of results shows that the yoga pranayama had positive effect in the management of Stress in males & females as well as in creating positive image about oneself in the experimental group while control group didn’t show any significant difference.

Effect of Yogic Intervention: Pranayama on Anxiety & Depression

An attempt has been made to study the effect of Yoga: Pranayama on Anxiety & Depression. A purposive sample of 120 persons (60 males & 60 females) was selected and a pre and post control group design was used. Life style questionnaire (referred in introducing health Psychology) & ‘Eight State Questionnaire’ by Curran & Cattell, Indian adaptation by Shri Malay kapoor New Delhi, Kapoor & Bhargava (Agra) were used as tools. An analysis of results shows that the yoga pranayama had positive effect in the management of Anxiety & Depression as well as in creating positive image about oneself in the experimental group while control group didn’t show any significant difference.

Effect of yogic intervention on the autonomic nervous system in the patients with coronary artery disease:a randomized controlled trial

In this study 258 patients from the Department of Cardiology in Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow were selected to participate. All had been diagnosed with coronary artery disease. They were randomly divided into 2 groups, the yoga group and the non-yoga group, 129 in each group; 208 completed the study protocol. The yogic intervention consisted of 35-40 min/day, 5 days a week over a period of 18 months in the Department of Physiology. Autonomic function testing was done in both the groups at zero time and after 18 months. We observed a statistically significant reduction in body mass index, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate (P < 0.05), i.e., a significant positive effect was observed when yoga therapy was used as an adjunct in patients with coronary artery disease.

Role of yoga in the management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Introduction : Psychological stress worsens glycemic control and increases oxidative stress in Type 2 DM patients. The practice of yoga, along with physical exercise reduces psychological stress and improves glycemic control in diabetic individuals, thereby preventing its progression to complications. This study evaluated the impact of two combined yogic interventions in the management of Type 2 DM. Methodology : Around 20 Type 2 diabetic subjects were randomly recruited to participate in the study. A pre- and post- test methodology with yogic intervention for 5 weeks was employed in the study. A student's paired t-test on the overall mean scores and mean scores, stratified by gender, age and duration of diabetes, was conducted to evaluate the hypothesis. Results : A significant decrease in plasma glucose, serum cortisol and serum malone-di-aldehyde (MDA) levels and a significant increase in serum super oxide dismutase (SOD) activity were noted. Also, the effect of yogic intervention was found to be more pronounced in subjects with poor glycemic control. Conclusion : This study emphasizes the role of two yogic practices (Nadishodhana Pranayama and the Sun Salutation) as adjuvant therapy in patients with Type 2 diabetes.