Therapeutic intervention of yogic training on modulation of cortisol hormone

Abstract

In the present study it was planned to scrutinize the therapeutic intervention of yogic training on modulation of Cortisol hormone. One – Group Pre-test - Post-test Design was used as experimental design in present study. All subjects were selected in terms of purposive samples under the sampling method of non-probability sampling. To achieve purpose of present study total ten (N=10) male students between age group of 23- 28 years, from Department of Physical Education, Punjabi University Patiala was selected as subjects. The investigator has selected twelve weeks yogic training as independent variable and Cortisol Hormone as dependent variable of the study. After the collection of relevant data, to know the therapeutic intervention of yogic training on hormonal modulation, paired t-test was employed on mean values of pre and post-tests with the help of Statistical Package by Graph Pad Software. The level of significance was set at 0.05 percent. After the analysis of data it was concluded that after the application of twelve – weeks yogic training protocol the Cortisol Hormone level increased significantly in male students.