Effect of yoga practices on selected physiological and biochemical variables among male farm science graduates of Tamil Nadu agricultural university

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of yoga practices on physiological and biochemical variables among male farm science graduates. The sources of data were collected from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The researcher had selected forty-five (n=45) male subjects for this study. All the subjects were divided into three groups of fifteen each, namely yoga practices three days per week group (Group I) and yoga practices five days per week (Group II) and (Group III) acted as control. Experimental groups (Group I & Group II) underwent the respective yoga practices for duration of six weeks a written consent was obtained from the subjects. However, they were free to withdraw their consent in case they felt any discomfort during the period of their participation. The above study was statistically analysis by data analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).