Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogic practices on selected lung volumes among asthmatic men. To achieve the purpose of the present study, thirty asthmatic men from Ishwarya Yoga & Nature Care Centre, Salem district, Tamilnadu were selected as subjects at random and their ages ranged from 25 to 35 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups of fifteen asthmatic men each. The study was formulated as a true random group design, consisting of a pre-test and post-test. The subjects (N=30) were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen asthmatic men each. The groups were assigned as yogic practices and control group in an equivalent manner. The group I underwent yogic practices and group II acted as a control group. The experimental group was participated the training for a period of six weeks to find out the outcome of the training packages and the control group did not participated in any training programme. The variable to be used in the present study was collected from all subjects before they have to treat with the respective treatments. It was assumed as pre-test. After completion of treatment they were tested again as it was in the pre-test on all variables used in the present study. This test was assumed as post-test. Initially descriptive statistics and paired‘t’ test was applied to test the significance of mean gains made in each of the variables by the experimental groups. The primary objective of the paired ‘t’ ratio was to describe the differences between the pre-test and post-test mean of asthmatic men. The yogic practices group produced significant improvement in selected lung volumes. The ‘t’ values of the selected variables have reached the significant level. In the control group the obtained ‘t’ value on all the variables were failed to reach the significant level.
Author Name : Dr.V.Duraisami & M.Suresh Kumar
Keywords: Yogic Practices, Lung Volumes, Asthma, Men.
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