EFFECT OF VARIED YOGIC PRACTICES ON RESTING PULSE RATE AND ANXIETY AMONG OBESE MEN
Abstract
The present investigation was to find out the effects of varied yogic practices on resting pulse rate and anxiety among obese men. 60 obese men age ranges from 25-45 years were selected as participants for the study, from Chennai district, Tamil Nadu. Subjects were divided into two experimental and one control groups of 20 each. Experimental group (I & II) underwent yogic practices for the period of 6 weeks, six days per week for the maximum of an hour in morning. The control group was not exposed to any specific training. The data pertaining to the variables collected from the three groups before and after the training period were statistically analyzed by using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to determine the significant difference and tested at 0.05 level of significance. p-value for the F-statistic was 0.00 which was less than 0.05, so of it was significant. , therefore a pair-wise comparison had been made. P-value for the mean difference between Asana group and Control group was 0.00 and Pranayama group and Control group was 0.00, all these p-values were less than 0.05 and hence they were significant at 5% level. Thus, it was concluded that yogic practices can help to decrease the Resting pulse rate and reduced level of Anxiety.
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