Volume : 4, Issue : 1, January - 2015

IMPACT OF PRANAYAMA PRACTICES ON SELECTED PULMONARY VARIABLES ON COLLEGE LEVEL BADMINTON PLAYERS

Dr. M. Ramajayam, Manas Das

Abstract :

<p>To achieve this purpose (N= 30) subjects selected from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya maruthi college of physical< /> education. The subjects divided in to two groups namely group I (n=15) experimental group and group II ( n= 15)< /> control group. The subjects selected purposive sampling method and their age ranged between 21 to 24 years. Group&ndash;I< /> Experimental group underwent pranayama practices on morning 6.00 to 6.30 am.weekly 6 days up to 8 weeks. The selected pranayama< /> training were given Kapalapathi, Nadi sudhi, Brimahri, Uijjai and Bhastrica. The control group did not participate any training. The selected< /> criterion pulmonary variables are Vital capacity(VC), Total lung capacity(TLC) and Tidal volume (TV). The variables are tested with computerized< /> electronic spirometry was used. Prior and after practice data were collected. The collect data were treated with paired &ldquo;t&rdquo; test was used. Level of< /> significant was fixed at 0.05 level. The result of the study was showed that significant difference between experimental group and control group.< /> Experimental group improves on vital capacity, total lung capacity and tidal volume compared with control group.</p>