Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogic practices on selected physiological variables among middle aged women. To achieve the purpose of the present study, forty middle aged women patients from Tiruvannamalai district, Tamilnadu were chosen as the subjects and their age shall ranged from 25 to 35 years. The subjects were divided into two equal groups of fifteen subjects each. The study was formulated as a true random group design, consisting of a pre-test and post-test. The subjects (N=40) were randomly assigned to two equal groups of twenty middle aged women each. The groups were assigned as yoga group (YG) and control group (CG) in an equivalent manner. The experimental group were participated the training for a period of six weeks to find out the outcome of the training package. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was applied because the subjects were selected random, but the groups were not equated in relation to the factors to be examined. The yoga group (YG) had shown significant improvement in all the selected physiological variables.
Author Name : M. Balaji
Keywords: Yoga, Women, Physiological, Training.
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