2021, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Part A
Physiological reaction to the persuade of yogic practice on disabilities
Author(s): G Prabakaran, N Kodeeswaran, S Senthil Kumaran and A Abdul Halik
Abstract: Background: A disability can be something a person was born with. Or it can be the result of an illness or an accident. Many people with disability have multiple disabilities. Poverty is one of the biggest causes of disability. Poor people are most vulnerable to disability because they are forced to live and work in unsafe environments with poor sanitization, crowded living conditions, and with little access to education, clean water, or enough good food. Objectives: The aim of research to investigate the effect of yogic practices on physiological variables of disabilities. All the subjects belonged to economically different status of families having different food habits; hence their diet could not be controlled. The personal habit of the subject and their state of mind as well as emotional stress and strains, owing to their studies and exams in school could not be controlled. However, the nullifying affect of the above factors was accepted for the purpose of the study.Methods: Experimental method was applied on a sample to find out the effects of hatha yoga exercises on selected physiological variables. To achieve this purpose of the study, forty eight students Children with disabilities Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, during the academic year 2019-2020 were randomly selected as subjects. The age selected subjects were ranged from 13 to 16 years respectively. The selected subjects were divided into two equal groups of twenty four subjects each at random. Group I underwent hatha yoga exercises for twelve weeks (for five days per week) whereas and Group II acted as control that did not undergo any special training programme apart from their regular physical education activities as per their curriculum. Since, all the subjects were Coimbatore, they had a similar academic work and a regular activities in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Physical Education and sports Sciences curriculum. The following physiological variables namely resting pulse rate, blood pressure. Conclusion: The result of the present study physiological variables speculated significant improvement due to the hatha yoga practice of school children with disabilities. Future research should examine the effects of the specific type of exercises employed, age, gender, training status and load/intensity on yoga practices.
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G Prabakaran, N Kodeeswaran, S Senthil Kumaran and A Abdul Halik. Physiological reaction to the persuade of yogic practice on disabilities. International Journal of Research in Special Education. 2021; 1(1): 19-22.
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