Effect of yoga practices on achievement motivation among back pain patients

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of yoga practices on selected psychological variables among male low back pain students to achieve this purpose. Sixty male schools students studied in various schools of Nagapattinam District. Tamilnadu India. During the academic Year 2014-2015 and were randomly Selected as subject. Their age ranged from 15-17 years. The selected subjects were divide into three groups of twenty subjects each. Group-I Iyengar yogic exercise group. Group II underwent Sundara yogic exercise group. Group III acted as a control group. All the subjects of the three groups were tested on the selected dependant variable Anxiety before the commencement of training programme (Pre-test)and after the respective training for a period of six weeks(post-test).The data collected from the three groups prior to and post experimentation on the selected dependent variables were statistically analyzed to find out the significant difference if any by applying the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) And the Scheff’s test also applied as post hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. In all the cases the level of confidance was fixed at 0.05 for significance. It was concluded that Iyengar yoga practices training group was significantly better than the sundara yoga training group.