Antioxidant Effects of Regular Yoga Training on the Healthy University Students Controlled Clinical Trial

Tripathi

2022

ijhs

Introduction: Oxidative stress has emerged as one of the important factors of aging as well as various diseases including hypertension. A Few changes in lifestyle like food habits and exercise leads to significant decrease in the oxidative stress and inflammation which in turn improves the endothelium functions. Aim: The present study was designed to assess and compare the effect of lifestyle modifications on oxidative stress in elderly essential hypertensive patients as well as in normotensive elderly subjects. Materials and Methods: One hundred four normotensive elderly subjects of group I and one hundred eighty-six elderly hypertensive patients of group II between 60 to 80 years of age successfully completed three months lifestyle modifications program conducted in the department of physiology, Santosh Medical College Ghaziabad. Oxidative stress markers GSH, SOD, MDA and blood pressure were measured before and after lifestyle modification program. Results: The findings of the present study showed that SBP (p<0.001), DBP (p<0.001), MAP (p<0.001) were significantly low in group II hypertensive patients in comparison of group I normotensive subjects. Value of SOD increased significantly in group II hypertensive patients in comparison to group I normotensive subjects.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of lifestyle interventions on oxidative stress in elderly hypertensive and in normal individuals

Tripathi

2022

ijhs

Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol

“…Thus, relaxing exercises are more significant in reducing MDA levels than that by strenuous exercises. [31][32][33] Whereas, the findings of Bloomer et al and Dayan et al were in contrast to our findings. As they showed increase in lipid peroxidation or no effect on the free radical formation by moderate intensity relaxing exercises.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 57%

Comparative effect of treadmill and yoga on malondialdehyde level in normal young adults

Wagh¹,

Bhattacharya²,

Kartikeyan³

2017

Background: Stress level can be estimated by evaluating the malondialdehyde (MDA) levels produced from lipid peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Accordingly, a holistic health care approach (instead of a conventional drug-based approach alone) for the treatment is highly recommended; development of a mind-body medicine or an inclusive approach of mind-body interactions is the need of the hour. Thus, the effect of yoga which comprises pranayama, asana, and meditation is more relaxing than the well-equipped gym schools of today which are very lucrative and attractive, but they are costly means of fitness. Yogic exercises are more relaxing and cost effective. Aims and Objectives: The purpose of this study is to compare and see the effect of treadmill exercise and yoga on oxidative stress. Materials and Methods: An observational study was conducted in Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology (Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India). 50 male subjects of age group 18-20 years, were divided into two groups, treadmill exercise (Group A) and yoga (Group B) consisting of 25 each. On regular exercise, subjects were assessed at the start of and after 3 months of the training schedule (45 min/5 days/week). Blood samples were collected to assess the MDA levels before and after the intervention. The parameter assessed were vital parameters (heart rate and pulse rate), VO 2 max; they were also assessed for their social and environmental behavior by WHO-quality of life questionnaire. Results were compared using Student paired t-test and unpaired t-test and age-wise distribution by Chi-square test. Result: Results showed that the pre-exercise levels of MDA in Group A (1.30 ± 0.1) and Group B (1.23 ± 0.1) and the postexercise levels in Group A (0.92 ± 0.2) and Group B (0.37 ± 0.2). There was an increase in the vital parameter in Group A, whereas no significant changes were observed in Group B. VO 2max levels state that the oxygen requirement is more for Group A than Group B. Conclusion: The study concludes that yoga has more beneficial effect than the treadmill exercise which helps to decrease the free radical production.

BMC Complement Altern Med

Characteristics of randomized controlled trials of yoga: a bibliometric analysis

Cramer

Lauche

Dobos

2014

146

131

BackgroundA growing number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have investigated the therapeutic value of yoga interventions. This bibliometric analysis aimed to provide a comprehensive review of the characteristics of the totality of available randomized yoga trials.MethodsAll RCTs of yoga were eligible. Medline/PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, IndMED, and the tables of content of yoga specialty journals not listed in medical databases were screened through February 2014. Bibliometric data, data on participants, and intervention were extracted and analyzed descriptively.ResultsPublished between 1975 and 2014, a total of 366 papers were included, reporting 312 RCTs from 23 different countries with 22,548 participants. The median study sample size was 59 (range 8–410, interquartile range = 31, 93). Two hundred sixty-four RCTs (84.6%) were conducted with adults, 105 (33.7%) with older adults and 31 (9.9%) with children. Eighty-four RCTs (26.9%) were conducted with healthy participants. Other trials enrolled patients with one of 63 varied medical conditions; the most common being breast cancer (17 RCTs, 5.4%), depression (14 RCTs, 4.5%), asthma (14 RCTs, 4.5%) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (13 RCTs, 4.2%). Whilst 119 RCTs (38.1%) did not define the style of yoga used, 35 RCTs (11.2%) used Hatha yoga and 30 RCTs (9.6%) yoga breathing. The remaining 128 RCTs (41.0%) used 46 varied yoga styles, with a median intervention length of 9 weeks (range 1 day to 1 year; interquartile range = 5, 12). Two hundred and forty-four RCTs (78.2%) used yoga postures, 232 RCTs (74.4%) used breath control, 153 RCTs (49.0%) used meditation and 32 RCTs (10.3%) used philosophy lectures. One hundred and seventy-four RCTs (55.6%) compared yoga with no specific treatment; 21 varied control interventions were used in the remaining RCTs.ConclusionsThis bibliometric analysis presents the most complete up-to-date overview on published randomized yoga trials. While the available research evidence is sparse for most conditions, there was a marked increase in published RCTs in recent years.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1472-6882-14-328) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.