Effect of yoga training on handgrip, respiratory pressures and pulmonary function

Reddy, T. Prabhakar

doi:10.1136/bjsm.2010.078725.225

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“…[ 1 2 ] The positive health outcomes that have been observed include a decrease in blood pressure,[ 3 4 ] a decrease blood lipid values,[ 5 ] a decrease in body mass index,[ 4 ] as well as an improvement in pulmonary function. [ 6 7 ] From a performance standpoint, yoga has been reported to enhance muscle torque,[ 8 ] increase in handgrip strength,[ 9 ] decrease low back pain,[ 10 ] delay the onset of muscle soreness following strenuous activity,[ 11 ] increase flexibility and balance[ 12 ] as well as improved cardiovascular performance. [ 13 ] The impact of yoga has also been linked to improvements in mental health.…”

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Impact of 10-weeks of yoga practice on flexibility and balance of college athletes

Polsgrove¹,

Eggleston²,

Lockyer³

2016

Int J Yoga

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Background:With clearer evidence of its benefits, coaches, and athletes may better see that yoga has a role in optimizing performance.Aims:To determine the impact of yoga on male college athletes (N = 26).Methods:Over a 10-week period, a yoga group (YG) of athletes (n = 14) took part in biweekly yoga sessions; while a nonyoga group (NYG) of athletes (n = 12) took part in no additional yoga activity. Performance measures were obtained immediately before and after this period. Measurements of flexibility and balance, included: Sit-reach (SR), shoulder flexibility (SF), and stork stand (SS); dynamic measurements consisted of joint angles (JA) measured during the performance of three distinct yoga positions (downward dog [DD]; right foot lunge [RFL]; chair [C]).Results:Significant gains were observed in the YG for flexibility (SR, P = 0.01; SF, P = 0.03), and balance (SS, P = 0.05). No significant differences were observed in the NYG for flexibility and balance. Significantly, greater JA were observed in the YG for: RFL (dorsiflexion, l-ankle; P = 0.04), DD (extension, r-knee, P = 0.04; r-hip; P = 0.01; flexion, r-shoulder; P = 0.01) and C (flexion, r-knee; P = 0.01). Significant JA differences were observed in the NYG for: DD (flexion, r-knee, P = 0.01: r-hip, P = 0.05; r-shoulder, P = 0.03) and C (flexion r-knee, P = 0.01; extension, r-shoulder; P = 0.05). A between group comparison revealed the significant differences for: RFL (l-ankle; P = 0.01), DD (r-knee, P = 0.01; r-hip; P = 0.01), and C (r-shoulder, P = 0.02).Conclusions:Results suggest that a regular yoga practice may increase the flexibility and balance as well as whole body measures of male college athletes and therefore, may enhance athletic performances that require these characteristics.

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Impact of 10-weeks of yoga practice on flexibility and balance of college athletes

Polsgrove¹,

Eggleston²,

Lockyer³

2016

Int J Yoga

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“…[7] Bronchial asthma patients also show a reduction in the number of attacks and use of medication as found by Bijlani RL in 2005. [3] Fulambark A et al [8] also found at Yoga has a positive effect on COPD patients.…”

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Yoga - Its Awareness and Benefits on Health

Noor¹,

Prasad²,

Krishnababu³

2015

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“…Yoga training significantly improves lung functions and strength of inspiratory and expiratory muscles. ( 19 20 )…”

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Yoga and health

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2014

Indian J Community Med

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Yoga has been the subject of research in the past few decades for therapeutic purposes for modern epidemic diseases like mental stress, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Individual studies report beneficial effect of yoga in these conditions, indicating that it can be used as nonpharmaceutical measure or complement to drug therapy for treatment of these conditions. However, these studies have used only yoga asana, pranayama, and/ or short periods of meditation for therapeutic purposes. General perception about yoga is also the same, which is not correct. Yoga in fact means union of individual consciousness with the supreme consciousness. It involves eight rungs or limbs of yoga, which include yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi. Intense practice of these leads to self-realization, which is the primary goal of yoga. An analytical look at the rungs and the goal of yoga shows that it is a holistic way of life leading to a state of complete physical, social, mental, and spiritual well-being and harmony with nature. This is in contrast to purely economic and material developmental goal of modern civilization, which has brought social unrest and ecological devastation.

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Effect of yoga training on handgrip, respiratory pressures and pulmonary function

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Impact of 10-weeks of yoga practice on flexibility and balance of college athletes

Impact of 10-weeks of yoga practice on flexibility and balance of college athletes

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