Effect of yoga on physiological parameters of working women

Abstract

This study investigated effect of yoga on physiological parameters of working women. To achieve the purpose of the study 30 working women were selected from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore their age ranged from 35 to 40 years. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups (n=15). Group- I underwent Yoga training group (YTG) and Group - II was acted as control group (CG). The yoga training was given to the experimental group for 3 days per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) for the period of twelve weeks. The control group was not given any sort of training except their routine work. The physiological parameters of resting pulse rate and vital capacity were assessed before and after training period of 12 weeks the data collected from the subjects was statistically analyzed with ‘t’ test to find out significant improvement if any at 0.05 level of confidence. The result of the resting pulse rate and vital capacity speculated significant improvement due to influence of yoga training with the limitations of (diet, climate, life style) status and previous training. The result of the present study coincide findings of the investigation done by different experts in the field of sports sciences. Influence of yoga training significantly improved resting pulse rate and vital capacity of working women.