ABSTRACT:
Background: In recent times ,medical fraternity is much attracted towards yoga. It is claimed that yoga practices improve general health and fitness.
Aim: To find effect of short term Yoga practice on cardio-respiratory fitness. Objective: To measure cardio-respiratory fitness parameters before and after Yoga practice. Material: The present study was conducted on 60subjects, who came voluntarily as subjects for the project.
Setting and Design: It was a cohort study. I M.B.B.S.students ,60 in number(40 boys and 20 girls).Their age ranged between 18 to 20 years. Method: Pulse rate and respiratory rate measured in supine position.B.P. measured using mercury sphygmomanometer. 40 mm Hg endurance test was conducted by using mercury sphygmomanometer.
Results: Resting pulse rate, Respiratory rate and blood pressure was found to be decreased and 40mm endurance time was found to be increased in both male and female subjects.
Conclusion: From this study we conclude that yoga practice can be advocated to improve cardio-respiratory efficiency for patients as well as healthy individuals.
Keywords: yoga, cardio-respiratory efficiency,40mmHg endurance time
Journal Authors
Vinayak.P.Doijad 1, Anil.D.Surdi 2
1 2 Dr.V.M.Govt.Medical College, Solapur