A pilot study: Comparative efficacy of power yoga, restorative yoga and their combination on reaction time among the college boys of North Tripura

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to determine whether 6 weeks of Power Yoga, Restorative Yoga and their Combination will have an effect on reaction time among the college boys of North Tripura. Method: 40 (Forty) college boys from Government Degree College, Dharmanagar were randomly selected as the subjects for the study. The age of the subjects was ranging from 17 to 22years. The subjects were randomly assign to an experimental groups (Power Yoga, Restorative Yoga and their combination training) and control group in equal numbers i.e., (n=10). To see the effect the analysis of covariance “F-ratio” was applied at 0.05 level of significance. For further analysis pair wise comparison of adjusted means was applied. Result: After comparing the pair wise difference of adjusted means with critical difference, the Power Yoga training had shown the most significant effect on reducing the Reaction Time of College boy’s students as its adjusted mean i.e., 15.54 was smaller than the adjusted means of Restorative Yoga training i.e., 16.5 and their combination training (Power & restorative yoga training) i.e, 16.04 respectively.