期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN：1224-7359
出版年度：2014
卷号：14
期号：2
页码：349-353
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：Aim.The ancient Indian science of Yoga makes use of voluntary regulation of the breathing to make respiration rhythmic,and to calm the mind.This practice is called Pranayama.It is believed that Pranayama practices can do a lot on the different physical,physiological,and psychological components of human body and thus can affect the performance of bio- motor variables to a great extent.For the purpose of study,fortysedentary males were randomly selected as the subjects who were divided into two groups (Group 1 and Group 2).Methods.Group I(N=20) underwent Pranayama Practices and Group II (N=20) acted as Control group.They were given their respective training programs for a duration of twelve weeks with a schedule of three days per week.Results.Pre test and Post test data for selected bio- motor variables were taken to analyze the differences if any.The collected data were analyzed by using dependent ‘t’-test to find out significant improvements.Conclusion.After careful analysis of the available data,it could see thatthe experimental group had significantly improved on the performance of dependent bio- motor variables Speed,Explosive Power,Cardio Respiratory Endurance,and Agility.
