Volume : V, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

Isolated and Combined Effect of Asanas and Pranayama Practice on Stroke Volume of Middle Aged Men

N. Chandrasekaran, Prof. V. Gopinath

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Everybody desires a long and healthy life and exercise has a greater part to play in this. The great science of yoga is India’s unequalled gift of mankind. If mankind is to evolve further and if it is to save itself from its own aggressive tendencies, the only path opening through science of yoga. The study aim to found out the isolated and combined effect of asana and pranayama on stroke volume of middle aged men. To achieve these purpose sixty (N = 60) middle aged men were selected randomly from 138 voluntaries of Prapancha Yoga Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu as subjects. Their aged ranged from 45 to 55 (48 ? 2.8) years. They were divided into three equal groups (n=20). Group I underwent asanas, Group II underwent pranayama and Group III underwent combined (Asanas and Pranayama) alternate sessions practices – 40 to 60 min/session/4days/week for 12 weeks. M – Mode Doppler echocardio graphic technique was used for data collection [10]. The data were recorded before and after the experimental period. The data were analyzed by ANCOVA (SPSS–16.0) and means were compared with Scheffe’s post hoc test. Further correlated ‘t’ was employed to found out the training effect among the groups (p < 0.05). The result of present study demonstrated that twelve week of asanas, pranayama and combined practices were not significantly increase stroke volume of the middle aged man. However, from the baseline data the improvement of stroke volume was observed.

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N. CHANDRASEKARAN, Prof. V. GOPINATH Isolated and Combined Effect of Asanas And Pranayama Practice on Stroke Volume of Middle Aged Men Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 8 August 2015

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