EFFECT OF PRANAYAMA ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
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- 1. Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Government College, Chittur, Palakkad, Kerala
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of pranayama on selected physiological variables among college students. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on physiological variables due to the effect of pranayama among college students. For the present study the 30 male college students from Government College, Chittur were selected at random and their age ranged from 18 to 21 years. For the present study pre test - post test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen each. Group ‘A’ underwent pranayama only, group ‘B’ have not underwent any training. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) and scheffe’s post hoc test. It was observed that the six weeks of pranayama have significantly improved the selected physiological fitness variables of college students.
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