Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of vethathri maharishi’s simplified kundalini yoga practices on selected body composition variables among osteo arthritis women. To achieve the purpose of the present study, forty women those who are affected from osteo arthritis were selected from Nagercoil, Tamilnadu as subjects at random and their ages ranged from 35 to 45 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups of twenty subjects each. Group I acted as Experimental Group I (Simplified Kundalini Yoga) and Group II acted as Control Group. Body composition variables were measured using body fat analyzer. Pre test was conducted for all the subjects on selected body composition variables among osteo arthritis women. This initial test scores formed as pre test scores of the subjects. The duration of experimental period was 12 weeks. After the experimental treatment, all the forty subjects were tested on their body composition. This final test scores formed as post test scores of the subjects. The pre test and post test scores were subjected to statistical analysis using Analysis of Co-variance (ANCOVA) to find out the significance among the mean differences. In all cases 0.05 level of significance was fixed to test hypotheses. Significant effect of simplified kundalini yoga practices was found on body weight and BMI.
Author Name : T. Jenila & Dr. G. R. Valliammal
Keywords: Simplified Kundalini Yoga, Body Weight, BMI, Arthritis, Women.
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