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YOGA FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS IN ADOLESCENTS

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Title YOGA FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS IN ADOLESCENTS

 
Contributor NAGARATHNA R.
 
Subject Adolescents
Personality Development Program
Physical Fitness
Yoga
 
Description Emerging society has considered physical fitness as one of the important indicators
newlineof health. Being physically fit has been defined as quotthe ability to carry out daily tasks
newlinewith vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue and with ample energy to enjoy
newlineleisure-time pursuits and to meet unforeseen emergenciesquot. Physical fitness refers to
newlinethe maximum capacity that people have or achieve while they perform physical
newlineactivity that can be measured as the level of strength and flexibility of the muscular
newlinegroups in different body parts.The aim was to explore the effect of yoga on physical fitness among adolescents.In this thesis, five different studies are reported. The source of subjects for all these
newlinestudies was the Yoga based Personality Development Program (YPDC) held at
newlineSVYASA Yoga University.The research design was innovative in incorporating different research methods such
newlineas Cross sectional, Cohort, Pre-Post and Self as Control design, for the five
newlinecomponents of this research that aimed at looking at the role of yoga in physical
newlinefitness.The results of all five studies are summarized below:
newline1) Study evaluated present status of muscular fitness and ventilatory function
newlineusing Kraus-Weber Test and mini peak expiratory flow meter on adolescences has
newlineshown out of 352 subjects tested 251(71.31%) subjects failed in completing the test
newlinesuccessfully. The overall failure rate in boys was 71.9% while in girls it was 70.5%
newlinewith non-significant difference between the two genders. The observation that the
newlinegroup of students who succeeded on minimum muscular fitness had significantly
newlinehigher PEFR, points to a positive relationship between muscle fitness and lung
newlinefunctions.
newline

 
Date 2018-10-12T08:53:13Z
2018-10-12T08:53:13Z
PhD/01/Res/Jan10
2014

 
Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/218466
 
Language English
 
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Format xvii, 160p.

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Publisher Bangalore
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Sansthana
Department of Yoga and Life Sciences
 
Source University