Effect of Pranayama Techniques on Selected Lung Functions among Intercollegiate Players

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of pranayama techniques on selected lung functions among
intercollegiate players. To achieve the purpose of the present study, thirty intercollegiate players from Selvam Groups of Institutions, Namakkal district, Tamilnadu were selected as subjects at random and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups. The study was formulated as a true random group design, consisting of a pre-test and post-test. The groups were assigned as control group and experimental group in an equivalent manner. The training group participated the training for a period of eight weeks and the post-tests were conducted. The subjects were tested prior to and after the experimentation on vital capacity, fast vital capacity, slow vital capacity and maximum voluntary ventilation. The following statistical techniques were adopted to treat the collected data in connection with established hypothesis and objectives of this study. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the treatment effect of the training programmes on all the variables used in the study.

Author Name : Dr.P.Senthilkumar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.803374

Keywords: Vital Capacity, Fast Vital Capacity, Slow Vital Capacity, Maximum Voluntary Ventilation.