Effect of yogic practice on vital capacity among college going students

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the Effect of Six Week Yogic Practice on Vital Capacity among College Going female Students. For the purpose of the study 30 female subjects were selected randomly from Shyama Prasad Mukherji College (University of Delhi), Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. The duration of total practice was six weeks, 45 minutes a day in the morning the pre data was collected from the selected subjects before giving yogic training and post data after the training. The data was collected by using Vital Capacity was obtained to the nearest C.C with the help of dry Spirometer. The collected data was analysed by computing descriptive statistics followed by paired sample ‘t’ test. The results indicated that a there was a significant effect of Six weeks yoga training on Vital Capacity in college going female students. The level of the significance was set at 0.05 level.