Volume : 6, Issue : 4, April - 2017

EFFECT OF YOGIC PRACTICES AND HYDROTHERAPY TREATMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESTING PULSE RATE AMONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA

Aneesh Rajappan, Dr. V. A. Manickam

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">The purpose of the study was to find out the </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">effect of yogic practices and Hydrotherapy Treatment on the development of Resting Pulse Rate among Agricultural University of Kerala. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">For this study, thirty (N=30) </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">student </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">from </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">India, were selected as subjects at random. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">The subjects will be divided randomly into three groups of ten each (n=10) namely Group I underwent yoga practices, group II underwent Hydrotherapy treatment and group III acted as control. The training period was limited to twelve weeks and for three days per week. Resting pulse rate was selected as dependent variable and it was assessed by radial pulse method. All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the experimental period on the selected dependent variables. The data obtained from the Experimental groups before and after the experimental period were statistically analyzed Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Whenever the &lsquo;F&rsquo; ratio for adjusted post test means was found to be significant, the Scheffe&rsquo;s test was applied as post-hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. The level of confidence was fixed at .05 level for all the cases.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 49.7pt;">The results revealed that there was significant difference among the selected groups.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;&#10;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:49.7pt;line-height:&#10;150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>